Trichromothrips

Genus information

Trichromothrips Priesner, 1930: 9. Type species Trichromothrips bellus Priesner, 1930, by monotypy.

Dorcadothrips Priesner, 1932: 49. Type species Dorcadothrips caespitis Priesner, 1932, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatt, 1999: 2.

Micothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1965: 18. Type species Micothrips fasciatus Ananthakrishnan, 1965, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatt, 1999: 2.

Apothrips Bhatti, 1967: 20. Type species Apothrips priesneri Bhatti, 1967, by monotypy.

Trichromothrips (Dovithrips) Bhatti, 1999: 2. Type species Dorcadothrips flavidus Bhatti 1978, by monotypy.

Anachrothrips Bhatti, 2005: 26. Type species Trichromothrips veversae Mound & Masumoto, 2004, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Mostly South Asian, terrestrial species living in the tropics. Widespread around the world.

References

Priesner H (1930) Contribution towards a knowledge of the Thysanoptera of Egypt, III. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 14: 6–15.

Priesner H (1932) Contribution towards a knowledge of the Thysanoptera of Egypt, VII. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 16: 45–51.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1965) Indian Terebrantia - II (Thysanoptera: Insecta). Bulletin of Entomology, India 6: 15–29.

Bhatti JS (1967) Thysanoptera nova Indica. Published by the author, Delhi. pp. 1–24.

Bhatti JS (1999) Nomenclatural changes in Trichromothrips, Dorcadothrips, and Micothrips (Terebrantia: Thripidae). Thrips 1: 1-5.

Bhatti JS (2000) Revision of Trichromothrips and related genera (Terebrantia: Thripidae). Oriental Insects 34: 1-65.

Species

Trichromothrips albus Bhatti, 1978

Trichromothrips alis Bhatti, 1967

Trichromothrips arorai Bhatti, 1967

Trichromothrips bellus Priesner, 1930

Trichromothrips billeni zur Strassen, 1995

Trichromothrips bilongilineatus Girault, 1925

Trichromothrips caespitis Priesner, 1932

Trichromothrips crispator Karny, 1915

Trichromothrips cyperaceae Bianchi, 1945

Trichromothrips dorsalis Masumoto & Okajim, 2011

Trichromothrips elegans Masumoto & Okajima, 2005

Trichromothrips falcus Bhatti, 1999

Trichromothrips fasciatus Ananthakrishnan, 1965

Trichromothrips flavidus Bhatti, 1978

Trichromothrips formosus Masumoto & Okajima, 2005

Trichromothrips fragilis Masumoto & Okajima, 2005

Trichromothrips hospes Karny, 1915

Trichromothrips indicus Bhatti, 1978

Trichromothrips leptospteron Moulton, 1940

Trichromothrips nilgiricus Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939

Trichromothrips oahuensis Nakahara, 1993

Trichromothrips obscuriceps Girault, 1931

Trichromothrips priesneri Bhatti, 1967

Trichromothrips pulchellus Moulton, 1936

Trichromothrips scindapsi Priesner, 1936

Trichromothrips similis Ananthakrishnan, 1968

Trichromothrips taeniatus Karny, 1923

Trichromothrips taiwanus Masumoto & Okajima, 2005

Trichromothrips tenerrimus Priesner, 1936

Trichromothrips trachelospermi Zhang & Tong, 1996

Trichromothrips trifasciatus Priesner, 1936

Trichromothrips veversae Mound & Masumoto, 2004

Trichromothrips walteri Crawford JC, 1941

Trichromothrips xanthius Williams, 1917