Dunatothrips aneurae

Dunatothrips aneurae (lat.) Is a species of small social thrips of the genus Dunatothrips from the family Phlaeothripidae . Australia : Queensland , Northern Territories, South Australia, New South Wales , Western Australia. Found on plants of species such as Acacia aneura . The species was first described in 1969 by the entomologist Laurence Alfred Mound , CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences, Canberra , Australia ) ^{[1] [2]} . The haplodiploid species, leads a social lifestyle, demonstrates a set of behaviors similar to eusocial hymenopteran ( honey bee , ants ), which indicates the convergent evolution of the social species Hymenoptera and Thysanoptera . Shelters are jointly built on plants (securing phyllodia with a web), using them for nutrition and reproduction. The association of founding thrips of the colonies of Dunatothrips aneurae most often consists of close relatives (sisters), although groups with unrelated relatives of the founders were also found ^[3] .