Heligmothrips

Genus information

Heligmothrips Mound, 1970: 453. Type species Trichothrips erinaceus Karny 1920, by original designation.

Biology and Distribution

An Australian genus, species live on Casuarina foliage.

References

Mound LA (1970) Convoluted maxillary stylets and the systematics of some Phlaeothripine Thysanoptera from Casuarina trees in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 439-463.

Species

Heligmothrips brevidens Hood, 1918

Heligmothrips eiletus Mound, 1970

Heligmothrips erinaceus Karny, 1920

Heligmothrips frickeri Mound, 1970

Heligmothrips gracilior Hood, 1918

Heligmothrips reticulaticeps Girault, 1927