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Aeolothripidae
The Aeolothripidae are a family of thrips. They are particularly common in the holarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens in Australia. Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they pupate on the ground. While they normally prey on other arthropods, many feed also on flowers. Species of the genus ''Aeolothrips'', which contains about half of all species in this family, mostly live on flowers, although a few species live at ground level as obligate predators of mites. Those that live on flowers are normally carnivores, facultative predators. ''Aeolothrips intermedius'' requires floral proteins in its diet in addition to its regular prey of thrips larvae to breed successfully. ''Franklinothrips'' is a pantropical genus of Ant mimicry, ant-mimicking predators. Genera * ''Aduncothrips'' Ananthakrishnan, 1963 (one species, ''A. asiaticus'') * ''Aeolothrips'' Haliday, 1836 (95 species, holarctic) * ''Allelothrips'' Bagnal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrips
Thrips (Order (biology) , order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have species description , described approximately 7,700 species. They fly only weakly and their feathery wings are unsuitable for conventional flight; instead, thrips exploit an unusual mechanism, #Flight , clap and fling, to create lift using an unsteady circulation pattern with transient vortices near the wings. Thrips are a functionally diverse group; many of the known species are fungivorous. A small proportion of the species are serious Pest (organism) , pests of commercially important crops. Some of these serve as Disease vector , vectors for over 20 viruses that cause plant disease, especially the Tospoviruses. Many flower-dwelling species bring benefits as pollinators, with some predatory thrips feeding on small insects or mites. In the right conditions, such as in greenhouses, invasive species can expone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklinothrips
''Franklinothrips'' is a genus of thrips with pantropical distribution. Name The genus name is derived from the surname of entomologist H. J. Franklin, who described thrips taxa in the early 1900s. The thrips genus '' Frankliniella'' is also named after him. Franklin worked at the entomology department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1930s. Reproduction Most species are apparently bisexual (have both males and females) and occur only in small areas. An exception is ''F. vespiformis'', which is unisexual (mostly females) and occurs in many tropical countries. Only few males were produced during rearing programmes involving ''F. vespiformis''. Mimicry The fast-running females are easily misidentified as ants or bethylid wasps (superfamily Chrysidoidea), as they closely mimic ants in behavior and body form. Males are less ant-like in appearance, being smaller, with longer antennae and a less constricted waist. Feeding behavior ''F. orizabensis'' is known to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeolothrips
''Aeolothrips'' is a genus of predatory thrips in the family Aeolothripidae The Aeolothripidae are a family of thrips. They are particularly common in the holarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens in Australia. Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they .... There are more than 80 described species in ''Aeolothrips''. Species These 89 species belong to the genus ''Aeolothrips'': * '' Aeolothrips afghanus'' Jenser, 1984 * '' Aeolothrips albicinctus'' Haliday, 1836 * '' Aeolothrips albithorax'' Pelikan, 1964 * '' Aeolothrips andalusiacus'' zur Strassen, 1973 * '' Aeolothrips arnebiae'' Priesner, 1948 * '' Aeolothrips asirensis'' zur Strassen, 1979 * '' Aeolothrips astutus'' Priesner, 1926 * '' Aeolothrips aureus'' Moulton, 1931 * '' Aeolothrips auricestus'' Treherne, 1919 * '' Aeolothrips balati'' Pelikan, 1958 * '' Aeolothrips bhattii'' Alavi, Modarres Awal, Fekrat, Minaei & Manzari, 2015 * '' Aeolothrips bic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Mimicry
Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms; it has evolved over 70 times. Ants are abundant all over the world, and potential predators that rely on vision to identify their prey, such as birds and wasps, normally avoid them, because they are either unpalatable or aggressive. Some arthropods mimic ants to escape predation ( Batesian mimicry), while some predators of ants, especially spiders, mimic them anatomically and behaviourally in aggressive mimicry. Ant mimicry has existed almost as long as ants themselves; the earliest ant mimics in the fossil record appear in the mid-Cretaceous alongside the earliest ants. In myrmecophily, mimic and model live commensally together; in the case of ants, the mimic is an inquiline in the ants' nest. Such mimics may in addition be Batesian or aggressive mimics. To overcome ants' powerful defences, mimics may imitate ants chemically with ant-like pheromones, visually, or by imitating an ant's surface microstructure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycadothrips
''Cycadothrips'' is a genus of thrips first discovered on the male cones of the cycad '' Macrozamia communis'' in New South Wales. They pollinate cycads which are mostly evolved for wind-pollination. The thrips transport pollen from the male cones to the female cones on separate plants. The genus has a pair of longitudinal sutures on the metasternum and a pair of expanded sensory areas on the third antennal segment. The genus has been placed in a separate subfamily under the Aeolothripidae The Aeolothripidae are a family of thrips. They are particularly common in the holarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens in Australia. Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they .... Three species are known. Apart from the type species ''C. chadwicki'' which pollinates ''M. communis'' there is '' C. albrechti'' pollinates '' Macrozamia macdonnellii'' in central Australia and '' C. emmaliami'' which pollinates '' Macrozamia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erythrothrips
''Erythrothrips'' is a genus of predatory thrips in the family Aeolothripidae The Aeolothripidae are a family of thrips. They are particularly common in the holarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens in Australia. Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they .... There are about 11 described species in ''Erythrothrips''. Species These 11 species belong to the genus ''Erythrothrips'': * '' Erythrothrips arizonae'' Moulton, 1911 * '' Erythrothrips bishoppi'' Moulton, 1929 * '' Erythrothrips brasiliensis'' Hood * '' Erythrothrips costalis'' Hood * '' Erythrothrips diabolus'' (Priesner, 1932) * '' Erythrothrips durango'' Watson, 1924 * '' Erythrothrips fasciculatus'' Moulton, 1929 * '' Erythrothrips keeni'' Moulton, 1929 * '' Erythrothrips loripes'' Hood * '' Erythrothrips nigripennis'' Hood * '' Erythrothrips stygicus'' Hood References Further reading * * * * Thrips Articles created by Qbugbot {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeolothrips Intermedius
''Aeolothrips'' is a genus of predatory thrips in the family Aeolothripidae The Aeolothripidae are a family of thrips. They are particularly common in the holarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens in Australia. Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they .... There are more than 80 described species in ''Aeolothrips''. Species These 89 species belong to the genus ''Aeolothrips'': * '' Aeolothrips afghanus'' Jenser, 1984 * '' Aeolothrips albicinctus'' Haliday, 1836 * '' Aeolothrips albithorax'' Pelikan, 1964 * '' Aeolothrips andalusiacus'' zur Strassen, 1973 * '' Aeolothrips arnebiae'' Priesner, 1948 * '' Aeolothrips asirensis'' zur Strassen, 1979 * '' Aeolothrips astutus'' Priesner, 1926 * '' Aeolothrips aureus'' Moulton, 1931 * '' Aeolothrips auricestus'' Treherne, 1919 * '' Aeolothrips balati'' Pelikan, 1958 * '' Aeolothrips bhattii'' Alavi, Modarres Awal, Fekrat, Minaei & Manzari, 2015 * '' Aeolothrips bic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindřich Uzel
Jindřich Uzel Germanized as Heinrich Uzel (10 March 1868 – 19 May 1946) was a Czech naturalist, entomologist and plant pathologist. For his pioneering monograph on the thrips, he has been called the father of Thysanoptera studies. The genus '' Uzelothrips'' in the family Uzelothripidae is named in his honour. Uzel was born in Chomutov then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire but grew up at Hradec Králové (Königgrätz) where he took an interest in nature thanks to his father Vincenc, a high school teacher. He studied at Charles University in Prague followed by studies in embryology and histology Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissue (biology), tissues. Histology is the microscopic counterpart to gross anatomy, which looks at large ... at Berlin. He published a monograph on the Thysanoptera in 1895. In 1905 he was made a special member of the Royal Czech Academy. Uzel worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
