Megathrips
Genus information
Megathrips Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881: 124. Type species Megathrips piccioli Targioni-Tozzetti (=Phloeothrips lativentris Heeger), by monotypy.
Siphonothrips Buffa, 1908: 389. Type species Siphonothrips elegans Buffa, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 78).
Biology and Distribution
Apparently an Holarctic genus.
References
Targioni-Tozzetti A (1881) Relazione intoro ai lavori della R. Stazionedi entomologia agraria di Firenze per gli anni 1877-78. Art. V. Fisapodi (Thrips). Annali di Agricoltura 34: 120-134.
Buffa A (1908) Esame della raccolta di Tisanotteri Italiani esistente nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Redia 4: 382-391.
Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174.
Species
Megathrips brevis (Bagnall, 1914)
Megathrips elegans (Buffa, 1908)
Megathrips flavipes (Reuter, 1901)
Megathrips inermis Priesner, 1937
Megathrips lativentris (Heeger, 1852)
Megathrips timidus Cott, 1956