Mecynothrips

Genus information

Mecynothrips Bagnall, 1908: 356. Type species Mecynothrips wallacei Bagnall, by monotypy.

Phoxothrips Karny, 1913: 132. Type species Phoxothrips pugilator Karny, by monotypy. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 199.

Kleothrips Schmutz, 1913: 1057. Type species Kleothrips gigans Schmutz (= simplex), by monotypy.Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 199.

Dracothrips Bagnall, 1914: 290. Type species Dracothrips ceylonicus Bagnall (= simplex), by monotypy. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 199.

Acrothrips Karny, 1920: 43. Type species Acrothrips sorex Karny (=acanthus), by monotypy. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 199.

Kleothrips (Synkleothrips) Priesner, 1935: 330. Type species Kleothrips (Synkleothrips) innocens Priesner, by monotypy. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 199.

Kleothrips (Akleothrips) Priesner, 1935: 330. Type species Kleothrips (Akleothrips) karimonensis Priesner, by monotypy. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 199.

Biology and Distribution

Mostly Oriental and Australian species with one species from Africa.

References

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new and curious Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) from Papua. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)1: 355–363.

Karny H (1913) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Supplementa Entomologica 2: 127–134.

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122(7): 991–1089.

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13: 287–297.

Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35–44.

Priesner H (1935) Indomalayische Thysanopteren VI. Konowia 14: 58–339.

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.