Compsothrips

Genus information

Compsothrips Reuter, 1901: 214. Type species Phloeothrips albosignata Reuter, by monotypy.

Macrothrips Buffa, 1908: 4. Type species Phloeothrips albosignatus Reuter, by monotypy.

Leurothrips Bagnall, 1908: 196. Type species Leurothrips albomaculata Bagnall, by original designation. Synonymised by Priesner, 1928.

Leptogastrothrips Trybom, 1912: 28. Type species Leptogastrothrips reuteri Trybom, by monotypy. Synonymised by Priesner, 1964.

Oedaleothrips Hood, 1916: 64. Type species Oedaleothrips hookeri Hood, by original designation. Synonymised by Priesner, 1964.

Myrmecothrips Watson, 1920: 20. Type species Myrmecothrips querci Watson, by original designation. Synonymised by Watson, 1924.

Myrmecothrips Priesner, 1926: 485. Type species Myrmecothrips dampfi Priesner, by original designation. Synonymised by Hood, 1936.

Formicothrips Priesner, 1927: 479. Replacement name for Myrmecothrips Priesner. Synonymised by Hood, 1936.

Biology and Distribution

Pantropical genus of ant mimics living at ground level.

References

Reuter OM (1901) Thysanoptera tria Mediterranea. Öffersigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 43: 214-215.

Buffa P (1908) Esame di una piccola raccolta di Tisanotteri esistenti nel Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli (N.S.) 2(23): 2-6.

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.

Trybom F (1913) Physapoden aus natal und dem Zululande. Arkiv för Zoologi 7(33): 1–52.

Hood JD (1916) Oedaleothrips hookeri, a new genus and species of Thysanoptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 11: 64–65.

Watson JR (1920) New Thysanoptera from Florida VII. Florida Entomologist. 4 : 18–23.

Priesner H (1926) Un genero nuevo y curioso del orden physopodos o Thysanopteros (insectos) de Mexico. Memorias y Revista de la Sociedad Cientifica Antonia Alzate 44: 485–489.

Priesner H (1927) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung III: 343-568. F. Wagner verlag, Wien.

Hood JD (1936) Studies in Neotropical Thysanoptera I. Revista de Entomologia 6: 248–279.

Species

Compsothrips aeneus Hood, 1937

Compsothrips albosignatus Reuter, 1884

Compsothrips baileyi Hood, 1941

Compsothrips bicolor Priesner, 1921

Compsothrips brasiliensis Hood, 1952

Compsothrips brunneus Hood, 1941

Compsothrips congoensis Hood, 1952

Compsothrips dampfi Priesner, 1926

Compsothrips furvus Reyes, 1994

Compsothrips graminis Hood, 1936

Compsothrips hoodi De Santis, 1958

Compsothrips hookeri Hood, 1916

Compsothrips jacksoni Hood, 1925

Compsothrips maroccanus Priesner, 1964

Compsothrips oneillae Bournier, 1974

Compsothrips pampicolla De Santis, 1958

Compsothrips querci Watson, 1920

Compsothrips ramamurthii Ananthakrishnan, 1964

Compsothrips reticulates Guo & Feng, 2006

Compsothrips reuteri Trybom, 1913

Compsothrips sinensis Pelikan, 1961

Compsothrips sumatranus Priesner, 1928

Compsothrips timur Pelikan, 1961

Compsothrips tristis Cott, 1956

Compsothrips uzeli Hood, 1952

Compsothrips walteri Watson, 1933

Compsothrips yosemitae Moulton, 1929