Csirothrips

Genus information

Csirothrips Mound, 1971: 398. Type species Csirothrips watsoni Mound, 1971, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Australian genus with one species.

References

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 25: 387–466.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Species

Csirothrips watsoni Mound, 1971