Anthaxia nitidula (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a jewel beetle)

Interactions where Anthaxia nitidula 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
imago imago feeds on leaf Viburnum opulus Guelder Rose, Guelder-rose Dipsacales: Adoxaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Anthaxia nitidula/Anthaxia nitidulaa jewel beetleimago Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Viburnum opulus/Viburnum opulusguelder rose, guelder-roseleaf
imago imago is associated with Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Anthaxia nitidula/Anthaxia nitidulaa jewel beetleimago Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthorns
larva larva mines cambium Prunus plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Anthaxia nitidula/Anthaxia nitidulaa jewel beetlelarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/Prunusplums, cherries and laurels, planted cherrycambium

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Anthaxia nitidula (a jewel beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Anthaxia nitidula (a jewel beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthaxia nitidula (a jewel beetle)
GenusAnthaxia (a genus of beetles)
FamilyBUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles)
SuperfamilyBUPRESTOIDEA (jewel beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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 Anthaxia nitidula (a jewel beetle)

Anthaxia nitidula (a jewel beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Anthaxia nitidula (a jewel beetle):

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