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Thrips
Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are predators. Entomologists have described approximately 6,000 species. They fly only weakly and their feathery wings are unsuitable for conventional flight; instead, thrips exploit an unusual mechanism, clap and fling, to create lift using an unsteady circulation pattern with transient vortices near the wings. Many thrips species are pests of commercially important crops. A few species serve as vectors for over 20 viruses that cause plant disease, especially the Tospoviruses. Some species of thrips are beneficial as pollinators or as predators of other insects or mites. In the right conditions, such as in greenhouses, many species can exponentially increase in population size and form large swarms because of a lack of natural predators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrips
Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are predators. Entomologists have described approximately 6,000 species. They fly only weakly and their feathery wings are unsuitable for conventional flight; instead, thrips exploit an unusual mechanism, clap and fling, to create lift using an unsteady circulation pattern with transient vortices near the wings. Many thrips species are pests of commercially important crops. A few species serve as vectors for over 20 viruses that cause plant disease, especially the Tospoviruses. Some species of thrips are beneficial as pollinators or as predators of other insects or mites. In the right conditions, such as in greenhouses, many species can exponentially increase in population size and form large swarms because of a lack of natural predators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thripidae
The Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and antennae of six to ten antennomeres with stiletto-like forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV. They are considered to be among the more derived of thrips, having evolved many traits key to specializing as cryptophilous phytovores, living in the narrow spaces at the bases of leaves and within flowers. Several species are economically significant pests, some of them invasive. Almost all of them are typical thrips which belong in the largest subfamily, the Thripinae. Systematics Many of the divisions within the Thripidae are not based on common ancestry, but are instead based on common environment and morphological homoplasy, and these distinctions tend to be irrelevant to true phylogenetic relationships. As a result, many species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merothripidae
Merothripidae is a family of thrips in the order Thysanoptera. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Merothripidae. Genera These four genera belong to the family Merothripidae: * '' Damerothrips'' Hood, 1954 * ''Merothrips'' Hood, 1912 * † '' Jezzinothrips'' Strassen, 1973 Lebanese amber, Barremian *†'' Myanmarothrips'' Ulitzka 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * † '' Praemerothrips'' Priesner, 1930 Baltic amber, Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ... References Further reading * * * * * Thrips Insect families Articles created by Qbugbot {{thrips-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterothripidae
Heterothripidae is a family of thrips in the order Thysanoptera Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are .... There are about 6 genera and at least 70 described species in Heterothripidae. Genera These six genera belong to the family Heterothripidae: * '' Aulacothrips'' Hood, 1952 * '' Heterothrips'' Hood, 1908 * '' Lenkothrips'' De Santis & Sureda, 1970 * † '' Electrothrips'' Bagnall, 1924 * † '' Eocephalothrips'' Bagnall, 1924 * † '' Protothrips'' Priesner, 1924 References Further reading * * * * * Thrips Insect families Articles created by Qbugbot {{thrips-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzelothripidae
''Uzelothrips'' is a genus of thrips, and the only genus in the family Uzelothripidae. Up until 2012 it contained a single species, ''U. scabrosus'', known from Belém, Brazil; Brisbane, Australia; Singapore, and Angola. In 2012 a new extinct species, ''U. eocenicus'', was described from the lowermost Eocene of France by Patricia Nel and André Nel in 2012. The species name refers to the age it existed in. The group name is in honour of Jindřich (or Heinrich) Uzel, a Czech entomologist who published the first monograph on the thrips. The family is identified by the whip-like tip to the antenna. ''U. scabrosus'' is known to inhabit dead debris from plants in the genera ''Hevea'' and ''Bixa'', as well as the species ''Eucalyptus major''. References External links ''Uzelothrips''at the Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phlaeothripidae
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family Rohrthripidae and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400. Some 3,400 species are recognised in this family, and many are fungivores living in the tropics.Moritz, G., D. Morris, and L. Mound. 2001. ThripsID: pest thrips of the world. ACIAR and CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. Thrips from this family are fairly common, and are generally larger than those in the suborder Terebrantia (containing all other thrips). '' Idolothrips marginatus'' can attain a body length of up to 14 mm. The group is distinguished by having the last abdominal segment modified into a tube-like structure – hence the suborder's name, which means "tube-bearers". Selected species Some of the better-known species are: * '' Aleurothrips fasciapennis'' (Franklin) - feeds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubulifera
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family Rohrthripidae and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400. Some 3,400 species are recognised in this family, and many are fungivores living in the tropics.Moritz, G., D. Morris, and L. Mound. 2001. ThripsID: pest thrips of the world. ACIAR and CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. Thrips from this family are fairly common, and are generally larger than those in the suborder Terebrantia (containing all other thrips). '' Idolothrips marginatus'' can attain a body length of up to 14 mm. The group is distinguished by having the last abdominal segment modified into a tube-like structure – hence the suborder's name, which means "tube-bearers". Selected species Some of the better-known species are: * '' Aleurothrips fasciapennis'' (Franklin) - feeds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenurothripidae
Stenurothripidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are .... Genera: * '' Cenomanithrips'' Tong, Shih & Ren, 2019 * '' Heratythrips'' Mound & Marullo, 1998 * '' Hispanothrips'' Penalver & Nel, 2010 * '' Holarthrothrips'' Bagnall, 1927 * '' Oligothrips'' Moulton, 1933 * '' Opadothrips'' Priesner, 1924 * '' Stenurothrips'' Bagnall, 1914 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2658793 Thrips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disease Vector
In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen to another living organism; agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as parasites or microbes. The first major discovery of a disease vector came from Ronald Ross in 1897, who discovered the malaria pathogen when he dissected a mosquito. Arthropods Arthropods form a major group of pathogen vectors with mosquitoes, flies, sand flies, lice, fleas, ticks, and mites transmitting a huge number of pathogens. Many such vectors are haematophagous, which feed on blood at some or all stages of their lives. When the insects feed on blood, the pathogen enters the blood stream of the host. This can happen in different ways. The ''Anopheles'' mosquito, a vector for malaria, filariasis, and various arthropod-borne-viruses (arboviruses), inserts its delicate mouthpart under the skin and feeds on its host's blood. The parasites the mosquito carries are usually located in its salivary gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanthripidae
Melanthripidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera. Genera: * ''Ankothrips ''Ankothrips'' is a genus of thrip in the family Melanthripidae. Species ''Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was creat ...'' Crawford, 1909 * '' Archankothrips'' Priesner, 1924 * '' Cranothrips'' Bagnall, 1915 * '' Dorythrips'' Hood, 1931 * '' Eocranothrips'' Bagnall, 1927 * '' Gymnopollisthrips'' Peñalver, Nel & Nel, 1927 * '' Melanthrips'' Haliday, 1836 * '' Proboscisthrips'' Ulitzka, 2017 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1810151 Thrips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tospoviruses
''Orthotospovirus'' is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses, in the family ''Tospoviridae'' of the order ''Bunyavirales,'' which infects plants. Tospoviruses take their name from the species '' Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus'' (TSWV) which was discovered in Australia in 1919. TSWV remained the only known member of the family until the early 1990s when genetic characterisation of plant viruses became more common. There are now at least twenty species in the genus with more being discovered on a regular basis. Member viruses infect over eight hundred plant species from 82 different families. Genome Tospoviruses have a negative-sense, single-strand RNA genome. The genome resembles that of the genus ''Phlebovirus''. It is linear and is 17.2 kb in size. It is divided into three segments termed S (2.9kb), M (5.4kb), and L (8.9kb). The M and S RNA segments encode for proteins in an ambisense direction. Transmission Tospoviruses are arboviruses usually vectored by thrips. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauriellidae
Fauriellidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera Thrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are .... Genera: * '' Fauriella'' Hood, 1937 * '' Opisthothrips'' Hood, 1937 * '' Parrellathrips'' Mound & Marullo, 1998 * '' Ropotamothrips'' Pelikan, 1958 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q1841210 Thrips ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
