Craspedothrips

Genus information

Craspedothrips zur Strassen, 1966: 444. Type species Physothrips hargreavesi Karny 1925, by monotypy.

Toxothrips Bhatti, 1967: 16. Type species Toxothrips ricinus Bhatti, 1967, by monotypy.

Tsengothrips Chen, 1976: 107. Type species Tsengothrips plumosa Chen, 1976, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1990: 222

Craspedothrips (Antenothrips) Bhatti, 1995: 76. Type species Physothrips antennatus Bagnall 1914, by original designation.

Biology and Distribution

Old World tropics.

References

zur Strassen R (1966) Craspedothrips, eine neue aethiopische Thripiden-Gattung (Ins., Thysanoptera). Senckenbergiana biologica. 47: 443–446.

Bhatti JS (1967) Thysanoptera nova Indica. Published by the author, Delhi. pp. 1–24.

Chen L-S (1976) A new genus and species of Thripidae (Thysanoptera) from Taiwan. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica 14: 107-109.

Bhatti JS (1990) Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 2: 205-352.

Bhatti JS (1995) Further studies on Taeniothrips sensu lato (Insecta: Terebrantia: Thripidae). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 5: 73–95.

Mound LA, Masumoto M & Okajima S (2012) The Palaeotropical genus Craspedothrips, with new species from Africa and Malaysia (Thysanoptera, Thripinae). Zootaxa 3478: 49-61. [1]