Aeolothripidae
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Aeolothrips |
The Aeolothripidae are a family of thrips. They are particularly common in the holarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens in Australia. Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they pupate on the ground. Also they normally prey on other arthropods, many feed also on flowers.[1]
Aeolothrips, which contains about half of all species in this family, mostly live on flowers, although a few species live at ground level as obligate predators on mites. Those that live on flowers are normally facultative predators, A. intermedius even needs some floral diet to breed, in addition to thrips larvae.
Franklinothrips is a pantropical genus of ant-mimicking predators.
[edit] Genera
- Aduncothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1963 (1 species, A. asiaticus)
- Aeolothrips Haliday, 1836 (95 species, holarctic)
- Allelothrips Bagnall, 1932 (7 species)
- Andrewarthaia Mound, 1967 (1 species, A. kellyana)
- Audiothrips Moulton, 1930 (2 species)
- Corynothripoides Bagnall, 1926 (1 species, C. marginipennis)
- †Cretothrips Grimaldi, 2004 (1 fossil species, C. antiquus)
- Cycadothrips Mound, 1991 (3 species)
- Dactuliothrips Moulton, 1931 (6 species)
- Desmidothrips Mound, 1977 (2 species)
- Desmothrips Hood, 1915 (14 species, Australia)
- Erythridothrips Mound & Marullo, 1993 (1 species, E. cubilis)
- Erythrothrips Moulton, 1911 (12 species, western North and South America)
- Euceratothrips Hood, 1936 (1 species, E. marginipennis)
- Franklinothrips Back, 1912 (14 species, pantropical)
- Gelothrips Bhatti, 1967 (3 species)
- Indothrips Bhatti, 1967 (1 species, I. bhushani)
- Lamprothrips Moulton, 1935 (1 species, L. miltoni)
- †Liassothrips Priesner, 1949 (1 fossil species, L. crassipes)
- †Lithadothrips Scudder, 1875 ( 1 fossil species, L. vetustus)
- Mymarothrips Bagnall, 1928 (3 species)
- Orothrips Moulton, 1907 (3 species)
- †Palaeothrips Scudder, 1875 (1 fossil species, P. fossilis)
- †Permothrips Martynov, 1935 (1 fossil species, P. longipennis)
- Rhipidothripiella Bagnall, 1932 (1 species, R. turneri)
- Rhipidothripoides Bagnall, 1923 (2 species)
- Rhipidothrips Uzel, 1895 (6 species)
- Stomatothrips Hood, 1912 (8 species)
- Streothrips Bhatti, 1971 (2 species)
