Rubiothrips validus (Karny, 1910)
(a thrips)

Interactions where Rubiothrips validus 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
adult adult may be found on live Galium palustre Common Marsh-bedstraw Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Rubiothrips validus/Rubiothrips validusa thripsadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium palustre/Galium palustrecommon marsh-bedstrawlive (5-8)
larvae larvae may be found on live Galium palustre Common Marsh-bedstraw Gentianales: Rubiaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Rubiothrips validus/Rubiothrips validusa thripslarvae Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium palustre/Galium palustrecommon marsh-bedstrawlive (7)

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRubiothrips validus (a thrips)
GenusRubiothrips (a genus of thrips)
FamilyTHRIPIDAE (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 Rubiothrips validus (a thrips)

Rubiothrips validus (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 Rubiothrips validus (a thrips):

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