Tenothrips

Genus information

Taeniothrips (Tenothrips) Bhatti, 1967: 18. Type species Taeniothrips (Tenothrips) alis Bhatti, 1967, by monotypy.

Bournieriana Bhatti, 1995: 73. Type species Taeniothrips brevis Bournier 1969, by original designation. Synonymised by zur Strassen, 2000: 29.

Gelbothrips Bhatti, 1995: 82. Type species Taeniothrips latoides Pelikan 1968, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 2003: 4.

Ewartithrips Nakahara, 1996: 233. Type species Euthrips ehrhornii Moulton 1907, by original designation. Synonymised by Bhatti, 2003: 4.

Biology and Distribution

Originally from the Mediterranean region, introduced to most parts of the world. Associated with many species of Asteraceae.

References

Bhatti JS (1967) Thysanoptera nova Indica. Published by the author, Delhi. pp. 1–24.

Bhatti JS (1995) Further studies on Taeniothrips sensu lato (Insecta: Terebrantia: Thripidae). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 5: 73–95.

Nakahara S (1996) Ewartithrips new genus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and four new species from California. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103: 229–250.

zur Strassen (2000) Thysanopterologische Notizen (7) (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 44: 25-34.

Bhatti JS (2003) The genera Tenothrips and Ewartithrips (Terebrantia: Thripidae) and pigmented facets of eye in some Terebrantia. Thysanoptera 2003: 1-10.

Hoddle HS, Mound LA & Paris D (2012) Thrips of California 2012. [1]