Lichanothrips

Genus information

Lichanothrips Mound, 1971: 434. Type species Lichanothrips albus Mound, 1971, by original designation.

Biology and Distribution

From Australia, domicile building species on Acacia phyllodes.

References

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 25: 387–466.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. 328pp.

Species

Lichanothrips albus Mound, 1971

Lichanothrips calcis Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Lichanothrips curvatus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Lichanothrips magnificus Mound, 1971

Lichanothrips metopus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Lichanothrips pastinus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Lichanothrips pulchra (Girault, 1927)

Lichanothrips semifuscipennis (Girault, 1926)

Lichanothrips triquetrus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004

Lichanothrips xouthus Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004