Allelothrips

Genus information

Allelothrips Bagnall, 1932: 288. Type species Allelothrips cincticornis Bagnall, by monotypy.

Arhipidothrips Bagnall, 1932: 293. Type species Arhipidothrips tenuicornis Bagnall, by monotypy.

Pseudoaeolothrips Bagnall, 1932: 290. Type species Pseudaeolothrips cameroni Bagnall, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Mainly African, with one species from India, these thrips live on leaves and grasses and are ant mimics in their behaviour.

References

Bagnall RS (1932) Descriptions of some new genera and species of African Aeolothripoid Thysanoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10: 287–294.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.