Strepterothrips

Genus information

Strepterothrips Hood, 1934: 431. Type species Strepterothrips conradi Hood, 1934, by monotypy.

Arcyothrips Hood, 1934: 114. Type species Arcyothrips africanus Hood, 1934, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Widespread genus, fungus-feeding on dead brances.

References

Hood JD (1934) New Thysanoptera from Panama. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 41: 407–434.

Hood JD (1934) Two new genera and species of Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 36: 111–120.

Mound LA & Ward A (1971) The genus Strepterothrips Hood and its relatives with a description of S. tuberculatus (Girault) comb.n. (Thysanoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10: 98-104.

Species

Strepterothrips africanus Hood, 1934

Strepterothrips apterus Okajima, 1976

Strepterothrips biconus zur Strassen, 1992

Strepterothrips brasilianus Hood, 1952

Strepterothrips conradi Hood, 1934

Strepterothrips floridanus Hood, 1938

Strepterothrips orientalis Ananthakrishnan, 1964

Strepterothrips tuberculatus Girault, 1929

Strepterothrips uenoi Okajima, 1995