Meiothrips

Genus information

Idolothrips (Meiothrips) Priesner, 1929: 197. Type species Idolothrips (Meiothrips) annulatus Priesner (=Acanthinothrips annulipes Bagnall), by monotypy.

Meiothrips Priesner; Bagnall, 1934: 494.

Meiothrips (Aculeathrips) Kudo, 1975: 421. Type species Meiothrips (Telothrips) nepalensis Kudo & Ananthakrishnan, by monotypy. [Replacement name for Meiothrips (Telothrips) Kudo & Ananthakrishnan, 1974: 385 nec Telothrips Priesner, 1929]. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 209.

Biology and Distribution

An oriental genus.

References

Priesner H (1929) Spolia Metawiensia: Thysanoptera. Treubia 11: 187-210.

Bagnall RS (1934) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. XVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)13: 481-498.

Kudo I & Ananthakrishnan TN (1974) A new subgenus and species of Meiothrips Priesner (Thys. Megathripinae) from Nepal. Kontyu. 42: 385–387.

Kudo I (1975) New name for the subgenus Telothrips Kudo & Ananthakrishnan (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Kontyu. 43: 421.

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.

Species

Meiothrips annulipes (Bagnall, 1914)

Meiothrips fuscicrus Dang & Qiao, 2012

Meiothrips kurosawai Okajima, 1986

Meiothrips menoni Ananthakrishnan, 1964

Meiothrips nepalensis Kudo & Ananthakrishnan, 1974