Hoplothrips unicolor (Vuillet, 1914)
(a thrips)

Interactions where Hoplothrips unicolor 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
female apter female apter feeds on live fruitbody Restricted Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsfemale apter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (2-11)
female macropter female macropter feeds on live fruitbody Restricted Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsfemale macropter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (4-9)
larva larva feeds on live fruitbody Restricted Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripslarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (2-11)
male apter male apter feeds on live fruitbody Restricted Trichaptum abietinum Purplepore Bracket Hymenochaetales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsmale apter Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Trichaptum abietinum/Trichaptum abietinumpurplepore bracketlivefruitbodySole (2-11)
female apter female apter may be found on dead branch Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsfemale apter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadbranch (2-11)
female macropter female macropter may be found on dead branch Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsfemale macropter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadbranch (4-9)
larva larva may be found on dead branch Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadbranch (2-11)
male apter male apter may be found on dead branch Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips unicolor/Hoplothrips unicolora thripsmale apter Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadbranch (2-11)

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplothrips unicolor (a thrips)
GenusHoplothrips (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 Hoplothrips unicolor (a thrips)

Hoplothrips unicolor (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 Hoplothrips unicolor (a thrips):

Probably introduced. Extinct. Known from Scotland between 1939 and 1964.

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