Xaniothrips

Genus information

Xaniothrips Mound, 1971: 457. Type species Xaniothrips xantes Mound, 1971, by original designation.

Biology and Distribution

From Australia, kleptoparasites within thrips domiciles on Acacia trees.

References

Mound LA (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.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Species

Xaniothrips eremus Mound & Morris, 1999

Xaniothrips foederatus Mound & Morris, 1999

Xaniothrips leukandrus Mound, 1971

Xaniothrips mulga Mound & Morris, 1999

Xaniothrips rhodopus Mound & Morris, 1999

Xaniothrips xantes Mound, 1971

Xaniothrips zophus Mound & Morris, 1999

Xaniothrips xantes Mound, 1971: 459

Biology and Distribution

Described from Queensland, recorded from Northern Territory and South Australia (Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004). Host plants: Ac. harpophylla, Ac. cambagei and Ac. argyrodendron.