Ankothrips
Genus information
Ankothrips Crawford, 1909: 100. Type species Ankothrips robustus Crawford, by monotypy.
Dicranothrips Trybom, 1910: 148. Type species Dicranothrips fissidens Trybom, by monotypy. Synonym in Priesner, 1925.
Prionothrips Schille, 1911: 3. Type species Prionothrips niezabitowskii Schille, by monotypy. Synonym in Priesner, 1925.
Biology and Distribution
The 13 species in this genus exhibit a discontinuous distribution, with seven species in western North America, five in southern Europe, and one in South Africa. They are all presumed to be flower-living.
References
Crawford DL (1909) On some Thysanoptera from Mexico and the south. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 1: 109–119.
Trybom F (1910) Physapoda. pp. 147–174 in Schultze Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrica (1903-1905). Jena : Denkschriften der Medizinisch-naturwissenschaflichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. Vol.16
Schille F (1911) Thysanopterorum genera et species novae. Sprawozdanie Komisyi Fizyograficznej (published by Akademia Umiejętności wKrakowie) 45(2): 1-10.
Species
Ankothrips aequalis Moulton, 1926
† Ankothrips deploegi Nel et al., 2020
Ankothrips diffractus Hood, 1924
† Ankothrips dupeae Nel et al., 2020
Ankothrips fissidens Trybom, 1910
Ankothrips flavidus Pelikan, 1958
Ankothrips gracilis Moulton, 1926
Ankothrips mavromoustakisi Priesner, 1939
Ankothrips niezabitowskii Schille, 1911
Ankothrips notabilis Bailey, 1940
Ankothrips robustus Crawford DL, 1909
Ankothrips thuriferae Berzosa & Maroto, 1983
Ankothrips vandykei Moulton, 1928
Ankothrips yuccae Moulton, 1926
Ankothrips zayandicus Minaei, Haftbaradaran & Mound, 2012
