Amphibolothrips

Genus information

Amphibolothrips Buffa, 1909: 193. Type species Amphibolothrips grassii Buffa 1909, by monotypy.

Bebelothrips Buffa, 1909: 195. Type species Bebelothrips latus Buffa 1909, by monotypy. Synonymy by Mound et al. 2023: 97.

Conocephalothrips Bianchi, 1946: 499. Type species Conocephalothrips tricolor Bianchi, 1946, by monotypy. Synonymy by Mound et al. 2023: 97.

Biology and Distribution

Includes four fungus feeding species in leaf-litter, from Europe; also one from Oahu, Hawaii.

References

Buffa (1909) Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei Tisanotteri (due nuovi generi di Tubuliferi). Bolletino Zoologia agraria Portici 3: 193-199.

Mound LA (1972) Species complexes and the generic classification of leaf-litter thrips of the Tribe Urothripini (Phlaeothripidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 83-103.

Species

Amphibolothrips grassii Buffa, 1909

Amphibolothrips knechteli (Priesner, 1936)

Amphibolothrips latus (Buffa, 1909)

Amphibolothrips marginatus (Bournier, 1960)

Amphibolothrips tricolor (Bianchi, 1946)