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Thrips (Thysanoptera) attracted to carrion-baited traps in the tropical highlands of Chiapas, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2018

Francisco Infante ,
Saray Mañas-Jordá ,
Laurence A. Mound  and
Jorge L. León-Cortés
Francisco Infante*
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Departamento de Agricultura, Sociedad y Ambiente. Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto km 2.5, Tapachula, 30700 Chiapas, Mexico
Saray Mañas-Jordá
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad. Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, San Cristóbal de las Casas, 29290 Chiapas, Mexico
Laurence A. Mound
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian National Insect Collection, PO Box 1700, Black Mountain, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
Jorge L. León-Cortés
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad. Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, San Cristóbal de las Casas, 29290 Chiapas, Mexico
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: finfante@ecosur.mx)
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Abstract

Over 1000 species of arthropods have been recorded from cadavers worldwide. While conducting a study on the diversity and abundance of insects associated with pig (Sus scrofa Linnaeus; Mammalia: Suidae) carrion in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, we noticed the presence of thrips (Thysanoptera) in the collecting containers of traps. The thrips collected comprised the following species: Aeolothrips species (Aeolothripidae), Frankliniella brunnea Priesner (Thripidae), Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), Frankliniella trinidadensis Hood, Neohydatothrips portoricensis (Morgan) (Thripidae), Thrips simplex (Morison) (Thripidae), Wegenerithrips admirabilis Johansen (Thripidae), and Stephanothrips bradleyi Hood (Phlaeothripidae). These species were taken in Schoenly traps, a device designed to catch sarcosaprophagous insects. The thrips species reported in the present study have not previously been recovered from decomposing cadavers, and their occurrence suggests an attraction to one or more components of the trap, rather than an incidental presence. Albeit thrips are not considered forensically important, more studies are needed to elucidate their role in carrion ecology.

Type
Behaviour & Ecology—Note
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 150 , Issue 3 , June 2018 , pp. 361 - 365
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2018 

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