Macroplea mutica (Fabricius, 1792)
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Macroplea mutica is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
adult (subaquatic)		subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf			Potamogeton pectinatus	Fennel Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle		subaquatic		adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton pectinatus/	Potamogeton pectinatus	fennel pondweed		submerged	leaf		Major		(4-10)
larva		larva feeds on root			Potamogeton pectinatus	Fennel Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton pectinatus/	Potamogeton pectinatus	fennel pondweed	?		root
adult (subaquatic)		subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf			Ruppia maritima	Beaked Tasselweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle		subaquatic		adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Ruppia maritima/	Ruppia maritima	beaked tasselweed		submerged	leaf				(4-10)
larva		larva feeds on root			Ruppia maritima	Beaked Tasselweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Ruppia maritima/	Ruppia maritima	beaked tasselweed	?		root
adult (subaquatic)		subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf			Zannichellia palustris	Horned Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle		subaquatic		adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Zannichellia palustris/	Zannichellia palustris	horned pondweed		submerged	leaf				(4-10)
larva		larva feeds on root			Zannichellia palustris	Horned Pondweed	Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Zannichellia palustris/	Zannichellia palustris	horned pondweed	?		root
adult (subaquatic)		subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf			Zostera marina	Eelgrass	Alismatales: Zosteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle		subaquatic		adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera (Zostera) marina/	Zostera (Zostera) marina	eelgrass		submerged	leaf				(4-10)
larva		larva feeds on root			Zostera marina	Eelgrass	Alismatales: Zosteraceae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/	Macroplea mutica	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera (Zostera) marina/	Zostera (Zostera) marina	eelgrass	?		root

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications

Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle)
Subfamily	DONACIINAE (reed beetles)
Family	CHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
Superfamily	CHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Macroplea mutica is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Chrysomelidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle)

Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DONACIINAE
(reed beetles)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle):

DONACIINAE
(reed beetles)

CHRYSOMELIDAE
(leaf and flea beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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