Phlaeothripidae

Taxobox
name = Phlaeothripidae


image_width =250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Thysanoptera
subordo = Tubulifera
familia = Phlaeothripidae
familia_authority = Uzel, 1895
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
Idolothripinae

Phlaeothripinae

Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only family of the suborder Tubulifera, and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400. Some 3400 species are recognised in this family.

Thrips from this family are fairly common, and are generally larger than those in the suborder Terebrantia (containing all other thrips). "Idolothrips marginatus" can attain a body length of up to 14 mm.

Some of the better known species are:

* "Aleurothrips fasciapennis" (Franklin) - feeds on whiteflies
* "Gynaikothrips ficorum" (Marchal) - Cuban laurel thrips
* "Haplothrips froggatti" Hood - Black plague thrips
* "Haplothrips gowdeyi" (Franklin) - Goldtipped tubular thrips
* "Haplothrips niger" (Osborne) - Red clover thrips
* "Haplothrips victoriensis" Bagnall - Tubular black thrips
* "Idolothrips spectrum" Haliday - Giant thrips
* "Leptothrips mali" Fitch - Black hunter, is used to control mites
* "Liothrips urichi" Karny - Clidemia thrips
* "Liothrips vaneeckei" Priesner - Lily thrips, damages the bulbs of lilies
* "Teuchothrips disjunctus" (Hood) - Bottlebrush thrips

References

* [http://www.gladescropcare.com/tbthp.html Tubulifera]

External Thrips

* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/thrips/cuban_laurel_thrips.htm "Gynaikothrips ficorum", Cuban laurel thrips] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site