Maxillata

Genus information

Maxillata Faure, 1949: 854. Type species Maxillata priesneri Faure, 1949, by monotypy

Biology and Distribution

Presumably fungus-feeding species.

References

Faure JC (1949) Maxillata priesneri gen. et spec. nov., a Thrips (Thysanoptera) with exceedingly long maxillae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 2: 851–858.

Species

Maxillata allani Soto & Retana, 2000

Maxillata priesneri Faure, 1949

Maxillata tremblayi Mound & Marullo, 1996