Polytrichothrips

Genus information

Polytrichothrips Priesner, 1939: 77. Type species Polytrichothrips pilosus Priesner (=Docessissophothrips laticeps Bagnall), by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

From south east Asia and Australia.

References

Priesner H (1939) Thysanopterologica VIII. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B8: 73–78.

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.

Okajima S & Masumoto M (2023) Six genera of the subtribe Macrothripina from Southeast Asia to Taiwan (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae). Zootaxa 5291 (1): 001–074.

Species

Polytrichothrips geoffri Mound, 2007

Polytrichothrips laticeps (Bagnall, 1915)

Polytrichothrips malayanus Okajima & Masumoto, 2023