Katothrips

Katothrips
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Katothrips
Mound, 1971
Type species
Kladothrips tityrus
Girault, 1928

Katothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. It was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound in 1971. The type species is Kladothrips tityrus.

Species of this genus are found throughout all mainland states and territories of Australia, and they form galls on Acacias.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Katothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  3. ↑ Mound, Laurence Alfred (1971). "Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 25: 387-466 [409]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.19680. Wikidata Q56010889.