Organothrips

Genus information

Organothrips Hood, 1940: 423. Type species Organothrips bianchii Hood, 1940, by monotypy.

Graminothrips Zhang & Tong, 1992: 82. Type species Graminothrips cyperi Zhang & Tong, 1992, by original designation. Synonymised with Organothrips by Zhang et al. 2018: 375

Biology and Distribution

Asian pacific genus, associated with aquatic plants.

References

Hood JD (1940) Organothrips bianchii, a new Hawaiian thrips from Taro. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 10: 423–427.

Zhang WQ & Tong XL (1992) A new genus of Thripidae (Thysanoptera), with two new species from China. Entomotaxonomia 14(2): 81–86.

Zhang SM, Wang ZH, Li YJ & Mound LA (2018) One new species, two generic synonyms and eight new records of Thripidae from China (Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 4418 (4): 370-378.