Megathrips

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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