The Thrips of Brazil
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Mirothrips analis

Mirothrips analis (De Santis, 1959: 254).

Original reference: De Santis L (1959) Notas sobre tisanópteros argentinos. Notas del Museo. Zoologia XIX (183): 246–259.

 

Family             

Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae

 

Nomenclatural information

http://thrips.info/wiki/Mirothrips_analis 

 

World distribution

Described from Argentina; recorded from Brazil.

 

Distribution in Brazil

http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/97459 

 

Life history

Described from specimens collected inside the silk bags of Oiketikus moths; possibly predatory on small arthropods. It has been studied on leaves  and dead twigs in Brazil.

 

Economic importance

No records.

 

References suggested

Cavalleri A, Souza AR, Prezotto F & Mound LA (2013) Egg predation within the nests of social wasps: a new genus and species of Phlaeothripidae, with consideration of the evolutionary consequences of Thysanoptera invasive behaviour. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109: 332–341.

Cavalleri A., Lindner MF & Mendonça Jr M de S. (2016) New Neotropical Haplothripini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) with a key to Central and South American genera. Journal of Natural History 50: 1389–1410.


Published in: 31/07/2018
Posted by: Mariana Lindner

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