THYSANOPTERA Haliday, 1836
(thrips)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
AEOLOTHRIPIDAE
a family of thrips
Family 2 subtaxa 8 images
Aeolothrips
a genus of thrips
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 8 images
THRIPIDAE
a family of thrips
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 2 images
Thysanoptera (unidentified)
Unidentified Thrips
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 		Unidentified 1 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J. 1996 Thrips Naturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Parr E.R., Speyer W.J. 1941 The External Structure of some Thysanopterous Larvae Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 91: 559-635.

THYSANOPTERA (thrips) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for THYSANOPTERA (thrips)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 718 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for THYSANOPTERA (thrips)
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