Deplorothrips

Genus information

Deplorothrips Mound & Walker, 1986: 49. Type species Deplorothrips bassus Mound & Walker 1986, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Fungus-feeding species from southeastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

References

Mound LA & Walker AK (1986. Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 10: 1–140.

Okajima S (1989) The genus Deplorothrips Mound & Walker (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from eastern Asia, with descriptions of six new species. Japanese Journal of Entomology 57: 241–256.

Mound, LA. & Tree, DJ (2016) Australian mycophagous species of the genus Deplorothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa 4208 (3): 201-220.