Acanthothrips nodicornis (O.M. Reuter, 1880)
(a fungus thrips)

Interactions where Acanthothrips nodicornis is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
may be found on dead branch [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Acanthothrips nodicornis/Acanthothrips nodicornisa fungus thrips Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsdeadbranch
larva larva feeds on in cracks in tree bark mycelium [Fungi s.l.] fungi (in the broad sense) Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Acanthothrips nodicornis/Acanthothrips nodicornisa fungus thripslarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi s.l./Fungi s.l.fungi (in the broad sense)in cracks in tree barkmycelium

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

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

Author & YearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcanthothrips nodicornis (a 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 Acanthothrips nodicornis (a fungus thrips)

Acanthothrips nodicornis (a fungus thrips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Acanthothrips nodicornis (a fungus thrips):

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