Baliothrips dispar (Haliday, 1836)
(a thrips)

Interactions where Baliothrips dispar 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
female		female may be found on			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				female	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch							(1-12)
larva		larva may be found on			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch							(6-9)
male		male may be found on			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				male	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch							(6-12)
female		female may be found on			Glyceria	sweet-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				female	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses					Major		(1-12)
larva		larva may be found on			Glyceria	sweet-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses					Major		(6-9)
male		male may be found on			Glyceria	sweet-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				male	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses					Major		(6-12)
female		female may be found on			Holcus	soft-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				female	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/	Holcus	soft-grasses					Major		(1-12)
larva		larva may be found on			Holcus	soft-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/	Holcus	soft-grasses					Major		(6-9)
male		male may be found on			Holcus	soft-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				male	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Holcus/	Holcus	soft-grasses					Major		(6-12)
female		female may be found on			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				female	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses					Major		(1-12)
larva		larva may be found on			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses					Major		(6-9)
male		male may be found on			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				male	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses					Major		(6-12)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Baliothrips dispar (a thrips) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Baliothrips dispar (a thrips) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

THYSANOPTERA
(thrips)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Baliothrips dispar (a thrips)
Genus	Baliothrips (a genus of thrips)
Family	THRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
Order	THYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Baliothrips dispar is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Baliothrips dispar (a thrips)

Baliothrips dispar (a thrips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

THYSANOPTERA
(thrips)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Baliothrips dispar (a thrips):

THYSANOPTERA
(thrips)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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