Mirothrips vespicola (De Santis, 1980:1).
Original reference: De Santis L (1980) Descripción de una nueva especies de tisanóptero (Insecta) de Brasil con notas sobre otras dos de la Republica Argentina. Dusenia 12: 1–3.
Family
Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae
Nomenclatural information
http://thrips.info/wiki/Mirothrips_vespicola
World distribution
Described from Brazil.
Distribution in Brazil
http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/141182
Life history
Lives inside the nests of Polistine wasps, possibly feeding on the immature stages.
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.
Attendance
Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande
Campus Carreiros: Av. Itália km 8
Bairro Carreiros
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