Akainothrips

Genus information

Akainothrips Mound, 1971: 395. Type species Adiaphorothrips citritarsus Girault 1928, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

More than 30 species associated with Acacia trees in Australia.

References

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 25: 387–466.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Gilbert JDJ, Mound LA & Simpson SJ (2012) Biology of a new species of socially parasitic thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) inside Dunatothrips nests, with evolutionary implications for inquilinism in thrips. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107: 112–122.

Species

Akainothrips asketus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips bipictus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips calcica Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips carnei Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips ciliatus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips citritarsus (Girault, 1928)

Akainothrips crambus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips dalbyensis Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips dubitalis Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips exourus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips festus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips francisi Gilbert, Mound & Simpson, 2012

Akainothrips galeus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips gremius Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips herbae (Girault, 1928)

Akainothrips inionis Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips ireneae Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips iskae Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips juliae Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips magnetis Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips monaro Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips notius Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips nyngani Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips ochromelus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips papyris Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips peronatus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips polysetulus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips quintarius Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips roxbyi Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips shirleyi Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips tathrae Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips tessarus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips tosofagi Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Akainothrips uncus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004