Piesma maculatum (Laporte, 1832)
(a beet bug)

Interactions where Piesma maculatum 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 adult sucks sap of Minor Beta vulgaris Beet Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Piesma maculatum/Piesma maculatuma beet bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/Beta vulgarisbeetMinor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Minor Beta vulgaris Beet Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Piesma maculatum/Piesma maculatuma beet bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta vulgaris/Beta vulgarisbeetMinor
adult adult sucks sap of Minor Spinacia oleracea Spinach Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Piesma maculatum/Piesma maculatuma beet bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Spinacia oleracea/Spinacia oleraceaspinachMinor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Minor Spinacia oleracea Spinach Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Piesma maculatum/Piesma maculatuma beet bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Spinacia oleracea/Spinacia oleraceaspinachMinor
adult adult sucks sap of [’Chenopodiaceae’] the old Chenopodiaceae Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Piesma maculatum/Piesma maculatuma beet bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/'Chenopodiaceae'/'Chenopodiaceae'the old Chenopodiaceae
nymph nymph sucks sap of [’Chenopodiaceae’] the old Chenopodiaceae Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Piesmatidae/Piesma maculatum/Piesma maculatuma beet bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/'Chenopodiaceae'/'Chenopodiaceae'the old Chenopodiaceae

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Piesma maculatum (a beet bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Piesma maculatum (a beet bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPiesma maculatum (a beet bug)
FamilyPIESMATIDAE (beet bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Piesma maculatum (a beet bug)

Piesma maculatum (a beet bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Piesma maculatum (a beet bug):

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