Hoplothrips polysticti (Morison, 1949)
(a thrips)

Interactions where Hoplothrips polysticti 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 macropter female macropter feeds on live fruitbody Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsfemale macropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (3-7)
female micropter female micropter feeds on live fruitbody Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsfemale micropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (2-6,8-9)
larva larva feeds on live fruitbody Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripslarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (2-6,8-9)
male macropter male macropter feeds on live fruitbody Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsmale macropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (7)
male micropter male micropter feeds on live fruitbody Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsmale micropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbody (2-6,8-9)
female macropter female macropter may be found on dead wood Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsfemale macropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadwood (3-7)
female micropter female micropter may be found on dead wood Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsfemale micropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadwood (2-6,8-9)
larva larva may be found on dead wood Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadwood (2-6,8-9)
male macropter male macropter may be found on dead wood Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsmale macropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadwood (7)
male micropter male micropter may be found on dead wood Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips polysticti/Hoplothrips polystictia thripsmale micropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadwood (2-6,8-9)

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplothrips polysticti (a thrips)
GenusHoplothrips (fungus thrips)
FamilyPHLAEOTHRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
OrderTHYSANOPTERA (thrips)
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 Hoplothrips polysticti (a thrips)

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

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

Extinct. Known from Scotland between 1939 and 1964.

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