- Aeolothripidae
Taxobox
name = Aeolothripidae
image_width =250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Thysanoptera
subordo =Terebrantia
familia = Aeolothripidae
familia_authority = Uzel, 1895
diversity_link = Aeolothripidae
diversity = 24 recent genera (5 fossil), ca. 200 species
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Aeolothrips "
"Desmothrips "
"Franklinothrips "
"others, see text"The Aeolothripidae are a family of
thrips . They are particularly common in theholarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens inAustralia . Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they pupate on the ground. Also they normally prey on otherarthropods , many feed also on flowers.Mound, L.A. (1977). A new genus of Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. "New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4:149-152. [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjz/1977/16.pdf PDF] ("Desmidothrips")]"Aeolothrips", which contains about half of all species in this family, mostly live on flowers, although a few species live at ground level as
obligate predators onmite s. Those that live on flowers are normally facultative predators, "A. intermedius" even needs some floral diet to breed, in addition to thrips larvae."Franklinothrips" is a
pantropical genus of ant-mimicking predators.Genera
* "
Aduncothrips " Ananthakrishnan, 1963 (1 species, "A. asiaticus")
* "Aeolothrips " Haliday, 1836 (95 species,holarctic )
* "Allelothrips " Bagnall, 1932 (7 species)
* "Andrewarthaia " Mound, 1967 (1 species, "A. kellyana")
* "Audiothrips " Moulton, 1930 (2 species)
* "Corynothripoides " Bagnall , 1926 (1 species, "C. marginipennis")
* †"Cretothrips " Grimaldi, 2004 (1 fossil species, "C. antiquus")
* "Cycadothrips " Mound, 1991 (3 species)
* "Dactuliothrips " Moulton, 1931 (6 species)
* "Desmidothrips " Mound, 1977 (2 species)
* "Desmothrips " Hood, 1915 (14 species,Australia )
* "Erythridothrips " Mound & Marullo, 1993 (1 species, "E. cubilis")
* "Erythrothrips " Moulton, 1911 (12 species, western North and South America)
* "Euceratothrips " Hood, 1936 (1 species, "E. marginipennis")
* "Franklinothrips " Back, 1912 (14 species,pantropical )
* "Gelothrips " Bhatti, 1967 (3 species)
* "Indothrips " Bhatti, 1967 (1 species, "I. bhushani")
* "Lamprothrips " Moulton, 1935 (1 species, "L. miltoni")
* †"Liassothrips " Priesner, 1949 (1 fossil species, "L. crassipes")
* †"Lithadothrips " Scudder, 1875 ( 1 fossil species, "L. vetustus")
* "Mymarothrips " Bagnall, 1928 (3 species)
* "Orothrips " Moulton, 1907 (3 species)
* †"Palaeothrips " Scudder, 1875 (1 fossil species, "P. fossilis")
* †"Permothrips " Martynov, 1935 (1 fossil species, "P. longipennis")
* "Rhipidothripiella " Bagnall, 1932 (1 species, "R. turneri")
* "Rhipidothripoides " Bagnall, 1923 (2 species)
* "Rhipidothrips " Uzel, 1895 (6 species)
* "Stomatothrips " Hood, 1912 (8 species)
* "Streothrips " Bhatti, 1971 (2 species)References
* [http://anic.ento.csiro.au/worldthrips/taxon_details.asp?BiotaID=14 Thrips of the World Checklist: Family Aeolothripidae]
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