Sericothrips

Genus information

Sericothrips Haliday, 1836: 83. Type species Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday, 1836, by monotypy.

Rhytidothrips Karny, 1910: 49. Type species Rhytidothrips bicornis Karny, 1910, by monotypy. Synonymy by Karny, 1913.

Sussericothrips Han, 1991: 208. Type species Sussericothrips melilotus Han, 1991, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Tree, 2009: 21.

Biology and Distribution

Mostly Palearctic and Nearctic species with one species from Africa.

Click to see a list of the 7 species.

References

Haliday AH (1836) An epitome of the British genera in the Order Thysanoptera with indications of a few of the species. Entomological Magazine 3: 439–451.

Karny H (1910) Neue Thysanopteren der Wiener Gegend. Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins an der Universität Wien 8: 41–57.

Han YF (1991) A new genus and species of Sericothripina from China (Insecta: Thripidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 34: 208–211.

Mound LS & Tree DJ (2009) Identification and host-plant associations of Australian Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 1983: 1-22.

Species

Sericothrips bicornis (Karny, 1910)

Sericothrips cingulatus Hinds, 1902

Sericothrips kaszabi Pelikan, 1984

Sericothrips pubescens Hood, 1957

Sericothrips sativus Hartwig, 1952

Sericothrips smithi Stannard, 1951

Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday, 1836