Urothrips

Genus information

Urothrips Bagnall, 1909: 126. Type species Urothrips paradoxus Bagnall, 1909, by monotypy.

Coxothrips Bournier, 1963: 75. Type species Coxothrips reticulatus Bournier 1963, by monotypy. Synonymised by Ulitzka & Mound, 2014.

Ananthakrishnaniella Stannard, 1970: 118. Type species Ananthakrishnaniella tarai Stannard, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1998: 178.

Biconothrips Stannard, 1970: 121. Type species Biconothrips reedi Stannard 1971, by monotypy. Synonymised by Ulitzka & Mound, 2014.

Biology and Distribution

Fungus-feeding in leaf-litter, from Africa, Asia and Australia.

References

Bagnall RS (1909) On Urothrips paradoxus, a new type of Thysanopterous insects. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 7: 125–136.

Bournier A (1963) Thysanoptères de l'Angola II. Publicaçoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 63: 73–86.

Stannard LJ (1970) New genera and species of Urothripini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Proceedings of the Royal entomological Society of London (B) 39: 114-124.

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.

Okajima S & Urushihara H (1995) Descriptions of four new urothripine species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from south east Asia. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 1: 27–34.

Bhatti JS (1998) New structural features in the Order Tubulifera (Insecta). 2. Thoracic structures. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 5: 177-252.

Ulitzka MR & Mound LA (2014) New generic synonyms in the Palaeotropical genus Urothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) with one new species from Seychelles. Zootaxa 3755 (6): 595–600.

Species

Urothrips bagnalli Trybom, 1913

Urothrips gibberosa (Kudo, 1989)

Urothrips junctus (Okajima & Urushihara, 1995)

Urothrips kobroi Ulitzka & Mound, 1933

Urothrips minor Faure, 1933

Urothrips paradoxus Bagnall, 1909

Urothrips reedi (Stannard, 1970)

Urothrips reticulatus (Bournier, 1963)

Urothrips tarai (Stannard, 1970)