Aeolothrips melaleucus Haliday, 1852
(a thrips)

Interactions where Aeolothrips melaleucus 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
is predator of ARTHROPODAQuestionable arthropods Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips melaleucus/Aeolothrips melaleucusa thrips Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arthropodaarthropods?
is predator of ACARI mites Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips melaleucus/Aeolothrips melaleucusa thrips Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Acari/Acarimites
is predator of Thrips a genus of thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips melaleucus/Aeolothrips melaleucusa thrips Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips/Thripsa genus of thrips
may be found on flower Sambucus elders Dipsacales: Adoxaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips melaleucus/Aeolothrips melaleucusa thrips Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Adoxaceae/Sambucus/Sambucuseldersflower
may be found on Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips melaleucus/Aeolothrips melaleucusa thrips Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaks
may be found on [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/Aeolothripidae/Aeolothrips melaleucus/Aeolothrips melaleucusa thrips Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubs

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAeolothrips melaleucus (a thrips)
GenusAeolothrips (a genus of thrips)
FamilyAEOLOTHRIPIDAE (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 Aeolothrips melaleucus (a thrips)

Aeolothrips melaleucus (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 Aeolothrips melaleucus (a thrips):

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