SeasonalityUndocumented.IdentificationBody is generally brown to black, antennal segment 3 is normally yellow, and the tube is brown or brownish black. Antennal segment 3 usually has only 1 apical sense cone. Metanotal sculpture ends abruptly posteriorly, not in concentric rings below the node (Stannard, 1976).
Scientific NameCompsothrips baileyiHabitat
Found on prairie, though exact habitat is unknown (Chiasson, 1986).
Seasonality
Undocumented.
Identification
Body is generally brown to black, antennal segment 3 is normally yellow, and the tube is brown or brownish black. Antennal segment 3 usually has only 1 apical sense cone. Metanotal sculpture ends abruptly…
Body is generally brown to black, antennal segment 3 is normally yellow, and the tube is brown or brownish black. Antennal segment 3 usually has only 1 apical sense cone. Metanotal sculpture ends abruptly posteriorly, not in concentric rings below the node (Stannard, 1976).
Life History
Undocumented.
Conservation
Undocumented.
Diet Info
Fungal spores (Moritz et al., 2001).
Range
Alberta (Chiasson, 1986).
Citation
Page Citation for Compsothrips baileyi
Page Citation
"Species Details - Compsothrips baileyi, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3532. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
References
AuthorStannard, L. J.
TitleA Synopsis of Some Ant-mimicking Thrips, with Special Reference to the American Fauna.
Publication Date1976
Series TitleJournal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Volume49
Pages492-508
AuthorChiasson, H.
TitleSynopsis of the Thysanoptera (Thrips) of Canada.
Publication Date1986
AuthorMoritz, G., D. Morris, and L. Mound
TitleThripsID: Pest thrips of the world (CD).
Publication Date2001
Specimen Information
There is 1 specimen of this Species.
1 result plotted on map in 1 marker. Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.