Caprithrips

Genus information

Caprithrips Faure, 1933: 12. Type species Caprithrips analis Faure, 1933, by monotypy.

Bandamia zur Strassen, 1965: 16. Type species Aptinothrips melanophthalmus Bagnall 1927, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1973: 475.

Biology and Distribution

Old World, living on Poaceae leaves.

References

Faure JC (1933) New genera and species of Thysanoptera from South Africa. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 28: 1–75.

zur Strassen R (1965) Einige neue terebrante Thysanopteren-Arten von den Kanarischen Inseln (Ins., Thysanoptera). Commentationes biologicae Societas scientiarus fennica 28: 3–41.

Bhatti JS (1973) A revision of the genus Caprithrips Faure. Oriental Insects 7: 475-484.

Mound LA, Tree DJ & Paris D (2012) Ozthrips. Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]

Species

Caprithrips ajanta Bhatti, 1980

Caprithrips analis Faure, 1933

Caprithrips insularis Beshear, 1975

Caprithrips melanophthalmus (Bagnall, 1927)

Caprithrips moundi Bhatti, 1980

Caprithrips orientalis Bhatti, 1973