Associations
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Plant / resting place / on
male of Aptinothrips stylifer may be found on live Poaceae
Remarks: season: 6-9
Plant / resting place / on
male of Aptinothrips stylifer may be found on live Deschampsia
Remarks: season: 6-9
Other: major host/prey
Plant / resting place / on
male of Aptinothrips stylifer may be found on live Dactylis glomerata
Remarks: season: 6-9
Other: major host/prey
Conservation Status
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Undocumented.
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Cyclicity
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Adults collected from June to September.
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Distribution
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Alberta, B.C., Quebec, Ontario (Chiasson, 1986), England, Scotland, Russia, Siberia, Europe (Jacot-Guillarmod, 1974).
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General Description
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The body varies around 1.5mm in length and antennal segments 4 and 5 are brownish, as are the sides of the tibiae. Antennal segment 6 and the end of the abdomen are a dark brown. The head is reticulate in the anterior two thirds, though it is transversely striate in the posterior third. Antennae are 8 segmented, with segment 2 not having flanged sides. Tarsi are 2 segmented. Abdominal tergite 9 has three pairs of long and thickened posterior setae (Stannard, 1968).
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Habitat
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Leaves or leaf sheathes of sedges, or Medicago sativa (Chiasson, 1986).
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Life Cycle
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A. stylifer is more host specific than A. rufus (Palmer, 1975).
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Trophic Strategy
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