Himacerus mirmicoides (O. Costa, 1834)
(Ant Damsel Bug)

Interactions where Himacerus mirmicoides 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
is predator of egg Pieris brassicae Large White Butterfly Lepidoptera: Pieridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Nabidae/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoidesant damsel bug Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pieridae/Pieris brassicae/Pieris brassicaelarge white butterflyegg
is predator of Plagiognathus arbustorum a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Nabidae/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoidesant damsel bug Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum/Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustoruma plantbug or grassbug
is predator of APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Nabidae/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoidesant damsel bug Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids

Interactions where Himacerus mirmicoides is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Leucostoma simplex a bug parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Leucostoma simplex/Leucostoma simplexa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Nabidae/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides/Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoidesant damsel bug larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Himacerus mirmicoides (Ant Damsel Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Himacerus mirmicoides (Ant Damsel Bug) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHimacerus mirmicoides (Ant Damsel Bug)
GenusHimacerus (a genus of damsel bugs)
FamilyNABIDAE (damsel bugs)
SuperfamilyCIMICOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (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 Himacerus mirmicoides (Ant Damsel Bug)

Himacerus mirmicoides (Ant Damsel Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Himacerus mirmicoides (Ant Damsel Bug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 22 images of Himacerus mirmicoides (Ant Damsel Bug)
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