Neosmerinthothrips

Genus information

Neosmerinthothrips Schmutz, 1913: 1051. Type species Neosmerinthothrips fructuum Schmutz, by monotypy.

Coenurothrips Bagnall, 1921: 271. Type species Coenurothrips brevicollis Bagnall, by original designation. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 148.

Galactothrips Moulton, 1933: 404. Type species Galactothrips diversicolor Moulton, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 148.

Biology and Distribution

This genus is considered to be pantropical as well as Australian.

References

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

Bagnall RS (1921) On Thysanoptera from the Seychelles Islands and Rodrigues. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)7: 257–293.

Moulton D (1933) The Thysanoptera of South America IV. Revista de Entomologia 3: 385–419.

Mound LA (1974) The Nesothrips complex of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 31: 109–188.

Mound LA & Desley TJ (2021) Tubuliferous Thysanoptera in Australia with an enlarged tenth abdominal segment (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), including six new species. Zootaxa 4951 (1): 167–181.