Amphibolothrips

Genus information

Amphibolothrips Buffa, 1909: 193. Type species Amphibolothrips grassii Buffa 1909, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Includes three fungus feeding species in leaf-litter, from Europe.

References

Buffa (1909) Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Tisanotteri (due nuovi generi di Tubuliferi). Bolletino Zoologia agraria Portici 3: 193-199.

Mound LA (1972) Species complexes and the generic classification of leaf-litter thrips of the Tribe Urothripini (Phlaeothripidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 83-103.

Species

Amphibolothrips grassii Buffa, 1909

Amphibolothrips knechteli Priesner, 1936

Amphibolothrips marginatus Bournier, 1960