Gynaikothrips

Genus information

Gynaikothrips Zimmermann, 1900: 13. Type species Mesothrips uzeli Zimmermann, 1900, by monotypy. [The original publication involves a serious typographical error, in that uzeli is described on page 12 under a new generic name Mesothrips (together with four other species), but uzeli is illustrated on page 13 under Gynaikothrips as a separate new generic name.

Sauridothrips Priesner, 1953: 371. Type species Sauridothrips phlaeothripinus Priesner, 1953, by monotypy. Synonymised by Dang et al. 2014.

Aiganothrips Bhatti, 1991: 66. Type species Gynaikothrips hystrix Bagnall 1928, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Tree 2021.

Biology and Distribution

An Oriental genus of gall thrips.

References

Zimmermann A (1900) Über einige javanische Thysanopteren. Bulletin de l’Insitut Botanique de Buitenzorg Java 7: 6–19.

Moulton D (1944) Thysanoptera of Fiji. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum 17: 267–311.

Priesner H (1953) On the genera allied to Liothrips of the Oriental fauna, I. (Thysanoptera). Treubia 22: 357-380.

Bhatti JS (1991) Surface patterns of wings in the Order Tubulifera (Insecta). New structural features and a new simple technique for microscopic surface scanning of the transparent wing membrane. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 3: 1–95.

Dang LH, Mound LA & Qiao GX (2014) Conspectus of the Phlaeothripinae genera from China and Southeast Asia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Zootaxa 3807: 001-082.

Mound LA & Tree DT (2021) Taxonomic problems with Gynaikothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae): the ficorum/uzeli complex and taxa endemic to Australia. Zootaxa 5023 (4): 537–554.