Talk:Kladothrips

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Eusociality

For the record, Kladothrips is not the only genus displaying eusocial behaviors. See:

Kranz, BD; Schwarz, MP; Wills, TE; Chapman, TW; Morris, DC; Crespi, BJ (2001). A fully reproductive fighting morph in a soldier clade of gall-inducing thrips (Oncothrips morrisi). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50: 151 - 161.
Kranz, BD; Schwarz, MP; Morris, DC; Crespi, BJ (2002). Life history of Kladothrips ellobus and Oncothrips rodwayi: insight into the origin and loss of soldiers in gall-inducing thrips. Ecological Entomology 27: 49 - 57. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aderksen (talk • contribs) 16:28, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Might also be worth noting that this is regarded as a genus in transition from a non-social species to a social species, depending on the severity of the habitat. Not all species within this genus meet that third condition of "non-reproducing soldier caste". See the above article and:

Chapman, TW; Crespi, BJ; (1998). High relatedness and inbreeding in two species of haplodiploid eusocial thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) revealed by microsatellite analysis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 43: 301 - 306.
Chapman, TW; Kranz, BD; Bejah, K; Morris, DC; Schwarz, MP; (2002). The evolution of soldier reproduction in social thrips. Behavioral Ecology, 13: 519 - 525.

That variable phylogenetic transition is one of the things that makes this a useful group for developing theories explaining the evolution of eusocial behavior.

Aderksen (talk) 18:05, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aderksen, thanks for the review. I actually did realize that this information also applies to certain Oncothrips species. My question would be what to do with the writing I have come up with, given the fact that it applies to to separate genus, both of whom do not have articles of their own. If you have any advice in that regard that would be very useful so I can parse this into the correct spot. JSDavis2 (talk) 01:23, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]