Ophthalmothrips

Genus information

Ophthalmothrips Hood, 1919: 67. Type species Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi Hood, by monotypy.

Pyrgothrips Karny, 1924: 35. Type species Pyrgothrips conocephalus Karny, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 70.

Fulgorothrips Faure, 1933: 62. Type species Fulgorothrips priesneri Faure, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 70.

Derothrips Jacot-Guillarmod, 1940: 133. Type species Derothrips amyae Jacot-Guillarmod, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 70.

Biology and Distribution

The species of this genus are found in Africa, East Asia and Madagascar usually at the base of grasses.

References

Hood JD (1919) On some new Idolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 66–74.

Karny H (1924) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 38. Thysanoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi (2)17A: 1–56.

Faure JC (1933) New genera and species of Thysanoptera from South Africa. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 28: 1–75.

Jacot-Guillarmod CF (1940) Studies on South African Thysanoptera - I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 3: 131–138.

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.

Minoura K & Mound LA (2019) The world species of Ophthalmothrips Hood (Thysanoptera; Phlaeothripidae), with new records from Africa, China and Japan. Zootaxa 4623 (3): 555-562.