Elaphrothrips

Genus information

Elaphrothrips Buffa, 1909: 162. Type species Idolothrips coniferarum Pergande, by subsequent designation Andre, 1940: 76.

Dicaiothrips Buffa, 1909: 169. Type species Thrips schottii Heeger, by subsequent designation Bagnall, 1910: 370. Synonymised by Hood, 1927: 238.

Klinothrips Bagnall, 1918: 217. Type species Klinothrips femoralis Bagnall, by monotypy. Synonymised by Priesner, 1952: 845.

Elaphrothrips (Elaphoxothrips) Bagnall, 1932: 517. Type species Kleothrips athletes Karny, by monotypy.

Elaphridothrips Priesner, 1932: 320. Type species Elaphridothrips andrapterus Priesner, by monotypy. Synonymised by Priesner, 1952: 861.

Palinothrips Hood, 1952: 168. Type species Palinothrips palustris Hood, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 64.

Elaphrothrips (Paraclinothrips) Priesner, 1952: 846. Type species Elaphrothrips (Paraclinothrips) coniger Priesner, by monotypy.

Elaphrothrips (Cradothrips) Ananthakrishnan, 1973: 273. Type species Elaphrothrips (Cradothrips) insignis Ananthakrishnan, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Many species found widely around the tropics and subtropics, often living on dead leaves, and many exhibiting considerable polymorphism in body structure.

Click to see a list of the 145 extant Elaphrothrips species.

References

Buffa P (1909) I Tisanotteri esotici esistenti nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Redia 5: 157-172.

Bagnall RS (1918) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera IX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)1: 201–221.

Bagnall RS (1932) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. XVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10: 505–520.

Priesner H (1932) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 22(3): 320–344.

Hood JD (1952) Brasilian Thysanoptera III. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 65: 141–174.

Priesner H (1952) On some Central African Thysanoptera. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental de l'Afrique Noire 14: 842–880.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1973) Studies on some Indian species of the genus Elaphrothrips Buffa (Megathripinae: Tubulifera: Thysanoptera). Pacific Insects 15: 271–284.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174. See also: [1]

Species

A Elaphrothrips acanthomerus Hood, 1941 Elaphrothrips addendus Priesner, 1928 Elaphrothrips aethiopiae Bagnall, 1936 Elaphrothrips affinis (Bagnall, 1908) Elaphrothrips africanus (Trybom, 1910) Elaphrothrips albospinosus Moulton, 1929 Elaphrothrips amazonicus Johansen, 1979 Elaphrothrips amoenus Priesner, 1935 Elaphrothrips andrapterus (Priesner, 1932) Elaphrothrips angustatus (Bagnall, 1910) Elaphrothrips angusticeps (Crawford DL, 1910) Elaphrothrips angustifrons (Bergroth, 1888) Elaphrothrips armatus (Hood, 1908) Elaphrothrips athletes (Karny, 1923) Elaphrothrips aztecus Hood, 1941 B Elaphrothrips bagnallianus Priesner, 1952 Elaphrothrips bakeri (Karny, 1920) Elaphrothrips bilineatus Priesner, 1933 Elaphrothrips blatchleyi Hood, 1938 Elaphrothrips borgmeieri Hood, 1955 Elaphrothrips bottegii (Buffa, 1909) Elaphrothrips brachypes Bagnall, 1934 Elaphrothrips brachyurus Bagnall, 1926 Elaphrothrips brasiliensis Johansen, 1979 Elaphrothrips breviceps (Bagnall, 1921) Elaphrothrips brevicornis (Bagnall, 1910) Elaphrothrips brunneipennis Bagnall, 1935 Elaphrothrips bussingi Retana-Salazar, Soto-Rodríguez & Rodríguez-Arrieta, 2015 C Elaphrothrips capensis Faure, 1942 Elaphrothrips carayoni Bournier, 1971 Elaphrothrips cesari Retana & Soto, 2002 Elaphrothrips cognatodampfi Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips cognatograndis Johansen, 1978 Elaphrothrips congoensis Priesner, 1932 Elaphrothrips conicurus Bagnall, 1934 Elaphrothrips coniferarum (Pergande, 1896) Elaphrothrips coniger Priesner, 1952 Elaphrothrips constrictopeltatus Johansen, 1979 Elaphrothrips coreanus Woo, 1974 Elaphrothrips costalimai Hood, 1955 Elaphrothrips curvipes Priesner, 1929 D Elaphrothrips dampfi Hood, 1940 Elaphrothrips decipiens Priesner, 1932 Elaphrothrips defectus Hood, 1941 Elaphrothrips denticollis (Bagnall, 1909) Elaphrothrips devius Priesner, 1952 Elaphrothrips distans Bagnall, 1935 Elaphrothrips drepanatus (Priesner, 1927) Elaphrothrips drepanifer (Faure, 1925) E Elaphrothrips edouardi Jacot-Guillarmod, 1939 F Elaphrothrips falcatus (Karny, 1912) Elaphrothrips fallax Priesner, 1952 Elaphrothrips faurei Jacot-Guillarmod, 1939 Elaphrothrips femoralis (Bagnall, 1918) Elaphrothrips flavipes (Hood, 1908) Elaphrothrips fournieri Retana-Salazar, Soto-Rodríguez & Rodríguez-Arrieta, 2015 Elaphrothrips foveicollis (Bagnall, 1908) Elaphrothrips fulmeki Priesner, 1935 G Elaphrothrips gaboniensis Bagnall, 1936 Elaphrothrips garciaaldretei Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips genaspinosus Moulton, 1928 Elaphrothrips gnidicolus (Hesse, 1934) Elaphrothrips gomezlauritoi Retana-Salazar, Soto-Rodríguez & Rodríguez-Arrieta, 2015 Elaphrothrips gracilis Moulton, 1933 Elaphrothrips gravis Priesner, 1952 Elaphrothrips greeni (Bagnall, 1914) H Elaphrothrips handlirschii Schmutz, 1909 Elaphrothrips herculeus Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips herricki Moulton, 1933 I Elaphrothrips impensus Morison, 1958 Elaphrothrips indigator Hood, 1936 Elaphrothrips insignis Ananthakrishnan, 1973 Elaphrothrips insperatus Johansen, 1979 Elaphrothrips insularis Priesner, 1928 J Elaphrothrips jacobsoni Priesner, 1935 Elaphrothrips jacotguillarmodi Johansen, 1979

L Elaphrothrips laevicollis (Bagnall, 1910) Elaphrothrips laticeps Bagnall, 1935 Elaphrothrips laticornis Jacot-Guillarmod, 1941 Elaphrothrips lewisi Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips longiceps (Bagnall, 1908) Elaphrothrips longispinis Priesner, 1932 Elaphrothrips lorraineae Retana & Soto, 2002 M Elaphrothrips mabirensis Priesner, 1925 Elaphrothrips macateei Hood, 1955 Elaphrothrips madagascariensis Bagnall, 1935 Elaphrothrips magnus Johansen, 1979 Elaphrothrips mahensis (Bagnall, 1921) Elaphrothrips malayensis (Bagnall, 1909) Elaphrothrips maya Johansen, 1986 Elaphrothrips maynei Priesner, 1932 Elaphrothrips medius Hartwig, 1948 Elaphrothrips microacanthomerus Johansen, 1979 Elaphrothrips morelensis Johansen, 1980 N Elaphrothrips neodampfi Johansen, 1979 (1977) Elaphrothrips neoleonensis Johansen, 1979 (1977) Elaphrothrips neolongiceps Johansen, 1979 (1977) Elaphrothrips niger Jacot-Guillarmod, 1939 Elaphrothrips nigricornis (Karny, 1912) Elaphrothrips nigripes Jacot-Guillarmod, 1937 Elaphrothrips nitidus (Bagnall, 1910) Elaphrothrips notabilis Ananthakrishnan, 1973 O Elaphrothrips oaxacaensis Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips occidentalis Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips oculatoides Priesner, 1932 Elaphrothrips oculatus Moulton, 1928 Elaphrothrips orangiae Jacot-Guillarmod, 1937 P Elaphrothrips palustris Hood, 1952 Elaphrothrips paradampfi Johansen, 1979 Elaphrothrips parallelus Hood, 1924 Elaphrothrips parvus Priesner, 1936 Elaphrothrips peruviensis Hood, 1936 Elaphrothrips philippinensis Okajima, 1989 Elaphrothrips powelli Jacot-Guillarmod, 1937 Elaphrothrips priesneri Bagnall, 1926 Elaphrothrips procer (Schmutz, 1913) Elaphrothrips propeherculeus Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips propinquus (Bagnall, 1910) Elaphrothrips prospector Hood, 1936 Elaphrothrips pseudotuberculatus Johansen, 1980 Q Elaphrothrips quirosi Johansen & Retana, 1999 S Elaphrothrips schotti (Heeger, 1852) Elaphrothrips schoutedeni Priesner, 1932 Elaphrothrips schultzei Priesner, 1933 Elaphrothrips sensitivus Priesner, 1929 Elaphrothrips separatus Priesner, 1928 Elaphrothrips seychellensis Bagnall, 1921 Elaphrothrips snodgrassi Hood, 1955 Elaphrothrips spiniceps Bagnall, 1932 Elaphrothrips spiniprivus Priesner, 1952 Elaphrothrips spinosus Moulton, 1933 Elaphrothrips stenocephalus (Bagnall, 1914) Elaphrothrips sulawesiensis Okajima, 1989 Elaphrothrips surinamensis Priesner, 1925 T Elaphrothrips tener Priesner, 1925 Elaphrothrips tepoztlanensis Johansen, 1986 Elaphrothrips transvaalensis Jacot-Guillarmod, 1939 Elaphrothrips tuberculatus (Hood, 1908) U Elaphrothrips unicolor Moulton, 1933 Elaphrothrips uniformis (Buffa, 1909) V Elaphrothrips valerioi Retana & Soto, 2002 Elaphrothrips villai Johansen, 1980 Elaphrothrips vittipennis Hood, 1940 Z Elaphrothrips zacualtipanensis Johansen, 1983 Elaphrothrips zetetis Hood, 1936