Projectothrips

Genus information

Projectothrips Moulton, 1929: 95. Type species Projectothrips pruthii Moulton, 1929, by monotypy.

Docidothrips Priesner, 1933: 314. Type species Docidothrips demonstrans Priesner, 1933, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1970: 379.

Stulothrips Moulton, 1934: 499. Type species Stulothrips trespinus Moulton, 1934, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1970: 379.

Biology and Distribution

Asian/Pacific species, breeding in Pandanus flowers.

References

Moulton D (1929) Thysanoptera from India. Records of the Indian Museum 31: 93–100.

Priesner H (1933) Indomalayische Thysanopteren IV [Teil 2]. Konowia 12(3-4): 307–318.

Moulton D (1934) New Thysanoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 8: 499–503.

Bhatti JS (1970) Taxonomic studies in some Thripini. Oriental Insects 3[1969]: 373-381.

Species

Projectothrips beverlyae Mound & Tree, 2011

Projectothrips bhattii Ananthakrishnan, 1973

Projectothrips demonstrans (Priesner, 1933)

Projectothrips imitans (Priesner, 1935)

Projectothrips longicornis (Zhang, 1981)

Projectothrips meenae Bhatti, 1973

Projectothrips pandani (Kurosawa, 1940)

Projectothrips pruthii Moulton, 1929

Projectothrips trespinus (Moulton, 1934)