Machatothrips

Genus information

Machatothrips Bagnall, 1908: 189. Type species Machatothrips biuncinatus Bagnall, by monotypy.

Adiaphorothrips Bagnall, 1909: 536. Type species Adiaphorothrips simplex Bagnall, by original designation. Synonymised by Priesner, 1939: 75.

Cnestrothrips Prienser, 1932: 344. Type species Cnestrothrips dammermani Priesner, by original designation. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 186.

Biology and Distribution

Oriental species living on dead branches.

References

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.

Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.

Priesner H (1932) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 22(3): 320–344.

Priesner H (1939) Thysanopterologica VIII. Proceedings of the Royal entomological Society of London B8: 73-78.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 37: 153-215.