Idolothripinae

Subfamily information

The species in this subfamily are presumed to feed on fungal spores, because they have rather broad maxillary stylets. Fungal spores have been observed within the bodies of many species, but this is not true of many other species. These thrips are found mainly in tropical countries, often on dead hanging leaves, but sometimes on dead branches or occasionally in leaf litter. Some of the larger species are ovoviviparous, and sub-social behaviour involving egg- or mate-guarding by males is common amongst larger species. Mound & Palmer (1983) classified the Idolothripinae Bagnall (1908) into two Tribes, Idolothripini and Pygothripini, each with a series of subtribes. The following family group names have also been proposed for taxa within this subfamily:

Allidothripidae Bhatti, 1992: 138 [for Allidothrips]

Allothripidae Priesner, 1961:5 (Bhatti, 1992:139) [for Allopisothrips; Allothrips; Priesneriella; Pseudocryptothrips]

Megathripidae Karny, 1913:6 [for Bacillothrips; Bactrothrips; Megalothrips; Megathrips]

Click to see a list of the 83 Idolothripinae genera.

Click to see a list of the 765 Idolothripinae species.

References

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174. See also: [1]

Genera included

Acallurothrips Bagnall, 1921

Actinothrips Bagnall, 1909

Aesthesiothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1961

Allidothrips zur Strassen, 1968

Allopisothrips Sakimura & Bianchi, 1977

Allothrips Hood, 1908

Anactinothrips Bagnall, 1909

Anaglyptothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Anallothrips Okajima & Urushihara, 1997

Atractothrips Hood, 1938

Azeugmatothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Bacillothrips Buffa, 1908

Bactrothrips Karny, 1912

Bolothrips Priesner, 1926

Campulothrips Moulton, 1944

Carientothrips Moulton, 1944

Celidothrips Priesner, 1951

Ceuthothrips Hood, 1938

Cleistothrips Bagnall, 1932

Compsothrips Reuter, 1901

Cryptothrips Uzel, 1895

Cylindrothrips Moulton, 1949

Cyphothrips Hood, 1952

Dermothrips Bagnall, 1910

Diaphorothrips Karny, 1920

Diceratothrips Bagnall, 1908

Dichaetothrips Hood, 1914

Dinothrips Bagnall, 1908

Diplacothrips Hood, 1937

Ecacleistothrips Mound, 2007

Egchocephalothrips Bagnall, 1916

Elaphrothrips Buffa, 1909

Elgonima zur Strassen, 1972

Emprosthiothrips Moulton, 1942

Ethirothrips Karny, 1925

Faureothrips Priesner, 1949

Gastrothrips Hood, 1912

Hartwigia Faure, 1949

Heptathrips Moulton, 1942

Herathrips Mound, 1974

Holurothrips Bagnall, 1914

Hybridothrips Stannard, 1954

Hystricothrips Karny, 1912

Idolothrips Haliday, 1852

Illinothrips Stannard, 1954

Ischyrothrips Schmutz, 1913

Lamillothrips Bagnall, 1923

Loyolaia Ananthakrishnan, 1964

Machatothrips Bagnall, 1908

Macrothrips Bagnall, 1908

Malesiathrips Palmer & Mound, 1978

Mecynothrips Bagnall, 1908

Megalothrips Uzel, 1895

Megathrips Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881

Meiothrips Priesner, 1929

Minaeithrips Mound, 2007

Neatractothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Neosmerinthothrips Schmutz, 1913

Nesidiothrips Mound, 1974

Nesothrips Kirkaldy, 1907

Ophthalmothrips Hood, 1919

Ozothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Paractinothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Pelinothrips Mound, 1974

Peltariothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Phacothrips Mound, 1974

Phaulothrips Hood, 1918

Pinaceothrips Jakhontov, 1956

Polytrichothrips Priesner, 1939

Priesneriana Ananthakrishnan, 1956

Priesneriella Hood, 1927

Pseudocryptothrips Priesner, 1919

Pseudoeurhynchothrips Moulton, 1949

Pygothrips Hood, 1915

Saurothrips Hood, 1952

Sporothrips Hood, 1938

Tarassothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983

Tiarothrips Priesner, 1935

Zactinothrips Hood, 1936

Zeuglothrips Hood, 1936

Zeugmatothrips Priesner, 1925