Iridothrips

Genus information

Iridothrips Priesner, 1940: 403. Type species Bregmatothrips iridis Watson 1924, by monotypy.

Pelikanothrips Bhatti, 1978: 189. Type species Taeniothrips kratochvili Pelikan 1947, by monotypy. Synonymised by Wang et al. 2019.

Biology and Distribution

Five European species.

References

Priesner H (1940) Thysanopterologica IX. Philippine Journal of Science 71: 403-409.

Bhatti JS (1978) Preliminary revision of Taeniothrips. Oriental Insects 12: 157–199.

Wang ZH, Mound LA & Tong XL (2019) Phylogenetic relationships within the Frankliniella genus-group based on morphology, with a revision of Iridothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 4651 (1): 141–154.

Species

Iridothrips iridis (Watson, 1924)

Iridothrips kratochvili (Pelikan, 1947)

Iridothrips lobulatus Wang, Mound & Tong, 2019

Iridothrips mariae Pelikan, 1961

Iridothrips zizaniophila (Han & Zhang, 1982)