Gastrothrips

Genus information

Gastrothrips Hood, 1912: 156. Type species Gastrothrips ruficauda Hood, by original designation.

Goetothrips Priesner, 1925: 136. Type species Goetothrips terrestris Priesner, by monotypy. Synonymised by Johansen, 1978: 277.

Isopterothrips Bagnall, 1926: 553. Type species Isopterothrips tenuipennis Bagnall, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 38.

Syncerothrips Hood, 1935: 191. Type species Syncerothrips harti Hood, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 39.

Probolothrips Moulton, 1941: 319. Type species Probolothrips hambletoni Moulton (= abditus Hood), by monotypy. Synonymised by Hood, 1952: 163.

Pharetrothrips Priesner, 1952: 195. Type species Agnostochthona curvidens Karny, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 39.

Percnothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1967: 233. Type species Percnothrips turbinatus Ananthakrishnan, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 39.

Paragastrothrips zur Strassen, 1977: 59. Type species Paragastrothrips mauli zur Strassen, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 39.

Neodichaetothrips Johansen, 1982: 142. Type species Neodichaetothrips jalisciensis Johansen, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 226.

Biology and Distribution

Apparently pantropical, but most species known only from the Neotropics.

References

Hood JD (1912) Descriptions of new North American Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 14: 129–160.

Priesner H (1925) Thysanopterologica I. Zoologisches Jahrbucher 50: 305-319.

Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)18: 545–560.

Hood JD (1935) Some new or little known Thysanoptera of the family Phlaeothripidae. Revista de Entomologia 5: 159–199.

Moulton D (1941) Thysanoptera from Minas Geraes, Brazil (second paper). Revista de Entomologia 12: 314–322.

Priesner H (1952) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera from the Oriental region. Indian Journal of Entomology 13: 183–200.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1967) New Indian Thysanoptera. Annals de la Societe entomologique de France 3: 227–237.

zur Strassen R (1977) Studie zur Frühjahrsfauna der Fransenflügler auf den Madeira-Inseln im Atlantik nebst Daten zur Abundanz und Faunistik (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Boletim do Museu municipal Funchal 31: 5-78.

Mound LA (1974) The Nesothrips complex of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31: 109-188.

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.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-488.