Allothrips

Genus information

Allothrips Hood, 1908: 372. Type species Allothrips megacephalus Hood, by monotypy.

Bryothrips Priesner, 1925: 6. Type species Bryothrips pillichellus Priesner, by monotypy. Synonymised by Stannard, 1957: 92.

Biology and Distribution

The 24 species in this genus are usually wingless, and live in leaf litter in many parts of the world. Mound (1972) interpreted the pattern of variation as mainly representing two species, one European and one North American, each with a series of subspecies that had been introduced around the world.

References

Hood JD (1908) New genera and species of Illinois Thysanoptera. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 8: 361–379.

Stannard LJ (1957) The phylogeny and classification of the North American genera of the sub-order Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Illinois Biological Monographs 25: 1-200.

Mound LA (1972) Polytypic species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genus Allothrips Hood (Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 23-36.