Heptathrips

Genus information

Heptathrips Moulton, 1942: 3. Type species Heptathrips tonnoiri Moulton, by monotypy.

Ascania Faure, 1954: 17. Type species Ascania magnifica Faure, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 23.

Capnothrips zur Strassen, 1979: 99. Type species Capnothrips ruficaudis zur Strassen, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 23.

Biology and Distribution

This genus has species from New Zealand, Southern Africa and Saudi Arabia.

References

Moulton D (1942) Seven new genera of Thysanoptera from Australia and New Zealand. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 41: 1–13.

Faure JC (1954) South African Thysanoptera - 1. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 17: 9–26.

zur Strassen (1979) Insects of Saudi Arabia. Thysanoptera. in Wittmer W & Buttiker W [eds] Fauna of Saudi Arabia 1: 90-104.

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.

Species

Heptathrips africanus (Moulton, 1949)

Heptathrips cottieri Mound & Walker, 1986

Heptathrips cumberi Mound & Walker, 1986

Heptathrips kuscheli Mound & Walker, 1986

Heptathrips magnifica (Faure, 1954)

Heptathrips ruficaudis (zur Strassen, 1979)

Heptathrips tillyardi Mound & Walker, 1986

Heptathrips tonnoiri Moulton, 1942