Melanthrips ficalbii Buffa, 1907
(a thrips)

Interactions where Melanthrips ficalbii 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 female may be found on live flower Reseda lutea Wild Mignonette Brassicales: Resedaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Resedaceae/Reseda lutea/Reseda luteawild mignonetteliveflower (5-8)
larva larva may be found on live flower Reseda lutea Wild Mignonette Brassicales: Resedaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Resedaceae/Reseda lutea/Reseda luteawild mignonetteliveflower (6-9)
male male may be found on live flower Reseda lutea Wild Mignonette Brassicales: Resedaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Resedaceae/Reseda lutea/Reseda luteawild mignonetteliveflower (5-6)
female female may be found on live flower Galium aparine Cleavers, Goosegrass Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveflower (5-8)
larva larva may be found on live flower Galium aparine Cleavers, Goosegrass Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveflower (6-9)
male male may be found on live flower Galium aparine Cleavers, Goosegrass Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium aparine/Galium aparinecleavers, goosegrassliveflower (5-6)
female female may be found on live flower Galium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium mollugo/Galium mollugohedge bedstrawliveflower (5-8)
larva larva may be found on live flower Galium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium mollugo/Galium mollugohedge bedstrawliveflower (6-9)
male male may be found on live flower Galium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Aeolothripidae/Melanthrips ficalbii/Melanthrips ficalbiia thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium mollugo/Galium mollugohedge bedstrawliveflower (5-6)

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanthrips ficalbii (a 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 Melanthrips ficalbii (a thrips)

Melanthrips ficalbii (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 Melanthrips ficalbii (a thrips):

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