Erotidothrips

Genus Information

Erotidothrips Priesner, 1939: 154. Type species Erotidothrips mirabilis Priesner, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Known from just one species that is presumably fungus feeding on dead branches, and is recorded widely from tropical countries.

References

Priesner H (1939) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo (6. Beitrag). Revue Zoologie et Botanique africaine 32: 154-175.

Mound LA & O'Neill K (1974) Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 8: 481-509.

Species

Erotidothrips mirabilis Priesner, 1939