Thrips, commonly known as thunderflies or thunderbugs, are minute, slender insects of the order Thysanoptera with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have described approximately 7,700 species, distributed globally alongside the food plants many of them feed on. Their feathery wings are unsuitable for conventional flight, so thrips instead exploit an unusual clap-and-fling mechanism, generating lift through an unsteady circulation pattern with transient vortices near the wings.
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System (Realm) System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleAgricultural or Structural Pest 3 Relationship to People Relationship to People Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceMinute, slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts 1 Comparison
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1. Thrips - Wikipedia
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Thysanoptera
Introduction
are minute (mostly 1 mm (0.04 in) long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts
- serious pests of commercially important crops
- serve as vectors for over 20 viruses that cause plant disease
- many flower-dwelling species bring benefits as pollinators
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata: Thysanoptera
- Wikidata Q185628, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Thrips': a small proportion of species are serious pests of commercially important crops
- Wikipedia 'Thrips': serve as vectors for over 20 viruses that cause plant disease
- Wikipedia 'Thrips': many flower-dwelling species bring benefits as pollinators
- Child Taxon Of: Insecta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source4. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ185628, descriptionView the Source 5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28
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