Idolothripinae

Subfamily information

The species in this subfamily are presumed to feed on fungal spores, because they have rather broad maxillary stylets. Fungal spores have been observed within the bodies of many species, but this is not true of many other species. These thrips are found mainly in tropical countries, often on dead hanging leaves, but sometimes on dead branches or occasionally in leaf litter. Some of the larger species are ovoviviparous, and sub-social behaviour involving egg- or mate-guarding by males is common amongst larger species.

Mound & Palmer (1983) classified the Idolothripinae Bagnall (1908) into two Tribes: Idolothripini (with subtribes Idolothripina; Elaphrothripina; Hystricothripina), and Pygothripini (with subtribes Pygothripina; Allothripina; Compsothripina; Diceratothripina; Macrothripina). The following family group names have also been proposed for taxa within this subfamily:

Allidothripidae Bhatti, 1992: 138 [for Allidothrips]

Allothripidae Priesner, 1961:5 (Bhatti, 1992:139) [for Allopisothrips; Allothrips; Priesneriella; Pseudocryptothrips]

Megathripidae Karny, 1913:6 [for Bacillothrips; Bactrothrips; Megalothrips; Megathrips]

Click to see a list of the 83 Idolothripinae genera.

Click to see a list of the 765 Idolothripinae species.

References

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]

Genera included

A Acallurothrips Bagnall, 1921 Actinothrips Bagnall, 1909 Aesthesiothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1961 Allidothrips zur Strassen, 1968 Allopisothrips Sakimura & Bianchi, 1977 Allothrips Hood, 1908 Anactinothrips Bagnall, 1909 Anaglyptothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983 Anallothrips Okajima & Urushihara, 1997 Atractothrips Hood, 1938 Azeugmatothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983 B Bacillothrips Buffa, 1908 Bactrothrips Karny, 1912 Bolothrips Priesner, 1926 C Camachothrips Retana-Salazar, 2009 Campulothrips Moulton, 1944 Carientothrips Moulton, 1944 Celidothrips Priesner, 1951 Ceuthothrips Hood, 1938 Cleistothrips Bagnall, 1932 Compsothrips Reuter, 1901 Cryptothrips Uzel, 1895 Cylindrothrips Moulton, 1949 Cyphothrips Hood, 1952 D Dermothrips Bagnall, 1910 Diaphorothrips Karny, 1920 Diceratothrips Bagnall, 1908 Dichaetothrips Hood, 1914 Dinothrips Bagnall, 1908 Diplacothrips Hood, 1937 E Ecacleistothrips Mound, 2007 Egchocephalothrips Bagnall, 1916 Elaphrothrips Buffa, 1909 Elgonima zur Strassen, 1972 Emprosthiothrips Moulton, 1942 Ethirothrips Karny, 1925 F Faureothrips Priesner, 1949 Fernothrips Okajima & Masumoto, 2023 G Gastrothrips Hood, 1912 H Hartwigia Faure, 1949 Heptathrips Moulton, 1942 Herathrips Mound, 1974 Holurothrips Bagnall, 1914 Hybridothrips Stannard, 1954 Hystricothrips Karny, 1912

I Idolothrips Haliday, 1852 Illinothrips Stannard, 1954 Ischyrothrips Schmutz, 1913 L Lamillothrips Bagnall, 1923 Loyolaia Ananthakrishnan, 1964 M Machatothrips Bagnall, 1908 Macrothrips Bagnall, 1908 Malesiathrips Palmer & Mound, 1978 Mecynothrips Bagnall, 1908 Megalothrips Uzel, 1895 Megathrips Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881 Meiothrips Priesner, 1929 Minaeithrips Mound, 2007 N Neatractothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983 Neosmerinthothrips Schmutz, 1913 Nesidiothrips Mound, 1974 Nesothrips Kirkaldy, 1907 O Ophthalmothrips Hood, 1919 Ozothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983 P Paractinothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983 Pelinothrips Mound, 1974 Peltariothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983 Phacothrips Mound, 1974 Phaulothrips Hood, 1918 Pinaceothrips Yakhontov, 1956 Polytrichothrips Priesner, 1939 Priesneriana Ananthakrishnan, 1956 Priesneriella Hood, 1927 Pseudocryptothrips Priesner, 1919 Pseudoeurhynchothrips Moulton, 1949 Pygothrips Hood, 1915 S Saurothrips Hood, 1952 Sporothrips Hood, 1938 T Tarassothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983 Tiarothrips Priesner, 1935 Z Zactinothrips Hood, 1936 Zeuglothrips Hood, 1936 Zeugmatothrips Priesner, 1925