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The Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. [2] They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and antennae of six to ten antennomeres with stiletto-like forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV.
The western flower thrips [Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)] is an invasive pest insect in agriculture. This species of thrips is native to the Southwestern United States [ 1 ] but has spread to other continents, including Europe , Australia (where it was identified in May 1993 [ 1 ] ), and South America via transport of infested plant ...
The generic and English name thrips is a direct transliteration of the Ancient Greek word θρίψ, thrips, meaning "woodworm". [4] Like some other animal-names (such as sheep, deer, and moose) in English the word "thrips" expresses both the singular and plural, so there may be many thrips or a single thrips. Other common names for thrips ...
Articles relating to the Thrips (order Thysanoptera), minute (mostly 1 mm (0.039 in) long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are predators. Entomologists have described approximately 6,000 species.
Morphological, biological, molecular and ecological data has demonstrated that the dark and light "forms" of F. schultzei in Kenya are two distinct species. [2] Genetic analysis of F. schultzei in Australia shows that there are three highly divergent species of thrips under the taxonomic name "F. schultzei", and potentially at least six different species globally. [3]
The Thripinae are a subfamily of thrips, insects of the order Thysanoptera. The Thripinae belong to the common thrips family Thripidae and include around 1,400 species in 150 genera . [ 1 ] A 2012 molecular phylogeny found that the Thripinae was paraphyletic ; further work will be needed to clarify the relationships within the group.
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family Rohrthripidae and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400.
Australian thrips of the Haplothrips lineage (Insecta: Thysanoptera) (includes key to Australian Haplothrips) Identification of Haplothrips species from Malesia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) New Neotropical Haplothripini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) with a key to Central and South American genera (includes key to Neotropical Haplothrips)