BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Himacerus mirmicoides (Costa) (Ant Damsel Bug)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Himacerus mirmicoides	Imago, grey background	9 October 2005	Berks	England	6
Himacerus mirmicoides	Macropterous adult	3 August 1997	Berks	England		1
Himacerus mirmicoides	brachypterous adult	3 August 1997	Berks	England		1
Himacerus mirmicoides	half-grown nymph	3 August 1997	Berks	England		1
Himacerus mirmicoides	Antlike young nymph	3 August 1997	Berks	England		1

Suggested Literature

Himacerus mirmicoides may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Himacerus mirmicoides is associated with:

		Pieris brassicae - Large White Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)	is predator of egg		Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
		Plagiognathus arbustorum - a plantbug or grassbug (Hemiptera: Miridae)	is predator of		Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
		Aphidoidea - aphids (Homoptera)	is predator of		Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959

There may be more taxa associated with Himacerus mirmicoides listed at higher taxonomic level

Associated with Himacerus mirmicoides:

is endoparasitoid host of larva

Leucostoma simplex - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Belshaw, R., 1993

Himacerus mirmicoides may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References