The history of the germ cells (GCs) in Thysanoptera is reviewed from their origin at the
posterior end of the egg and includes their proliferation and differentiation in embryos …

The Convention on Biological Diversity was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in
1992. The Convention asserts that biological resources belong to the sovereign state in …

Aspects of feeding and fungal spore preference in terms of the percentage of gut-spore
composition, and the relative preference of sporophagous Tubulifera to Coelomycetes …

Adaptive specialization in terms of survival due to diverse fungal feeding preferences and
seasonal dispersal is indicated in the sporophagous species Loyolaia indica (Anan) …

Researching the evolution and maintenance of reproductive mode (oviparity, ovoviviparity
and viviparity) is important for identifying the intrinsic and environmental pressures …

Substantial changes in vegetation in some areas of the Western Ghats like the Tenmalai
region over a considerably long period, have resulted in extensive alterations in landscape …

Ovarian polymorphism involving oviparity, ovoviviparity and viviparity is discussed in relation
to sporophagous species such as Tiarothrips subramanii (Ramk.), Elaphrothrips denticollis …

Abstract Mycophagous Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera: Tubulifera:) are recognizable as (a)
fungal-hyphae-feeding mycetophagous Phlaeothripinae, living on fungi that infest dry twigs …

The article focuses on mycophagous tubuliferan thrips' social biology and adaptability. It
states the main causes leading to social behavior of these thrips are sex limited …

Thrips are minute insects which are usually a few millimetres long. In spite of their small size,
thrips shows some remarkable structural peculiarities unobserved among the other insects …