Kakothrips

Genus information

Kakothrips Williams, 1914: 248. Type species Physopus robusta Uzel 1895, by monotypy, synonym of Thrips pisivorus Westwood, 1880; see Collins, 2010.

Prometheothrips Savenko, 1941: 370. Type species Prometheothrips ungulatus Savenko, 1941, by monotypy. Synonym by zur Strassen, 1996

Biology and Distribution

European genus, in flowers.

References

Williams CB (1914) Kakothrips n.gen., a division of the genus Frankliniella (Thysanoptera). The Entomologist 247-248.

Collins DW (2010) Thysanoptera of Great Britain: A revised and updated checklist. Zootaxa 2412: 21–41.

Negis IS (2023) Kakothrips acanthus Berzosa (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Türkiye, with an illustrated key to the species of Kakothrips. Zootaxa 5258 (1): 141-145.