Crotonothrips

Genus information

Crotonothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1968: 119. Type species Crotonothrips gallarum Ananthakrishnan 1968, by monotypy.

Phaeothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1969: 189. Type species Phaeothrips mimicus Ananthakrishnan 1969, by monotypy. Synonym by Ananthakrishnan, 1976.

Crotonothrips (Inermothrips) Muraleedharan & Sen, 1978: 257. Type species Crotonothrips (Inermothrips) cacharensis Muraleedharan & Sen, 1978.

Biology and Distribution

Gall thrips from tropical Asia.

References

Ananthakrishnan TN (1968). Studies on new and little known Indian Thysanoptera . Oriental Insects. 1 : 113–138

Mound LA & Nasruddin A (2012) Crotonothrips polyalthiae sp.n. (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), a leaf-galling pest of the Asian amenity tree, Polyalthia longifolia. Zootaxa 32 (62): 62–68.