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== Thripidae == | == Thripidae == | ||
| + | With rather more than 2000 species, this is the second largest family of Thysanoptera. Various family-group names have been proposed for some of these species, and these are listed in the texts dealing with the four recognised subfamilies that are listed below. Although sometimes considered mainly as flower-thrips, a large proportion of Thripidae breed only on leaves, never in flowers, a few are predatory on other small arthropods, and a very few are associated with mosses. Most of the pest thrips, and all of the tospovirus vectors, are members of this family. In temperate regions, Thripidae are more abundant than Phlaeothripidae, but in the tropics this situation is reversed. | ||
== Subfamilies == | == Subfamilies == | ||
'''[[Dendrothripinae]]''' Priesner, 1925 | '''[[Dendrothripinae]]''' Priesner, 1925 | ||
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Thripidae
With rather more than 2000 species, this is the second largest family of Thysanoptera. Various family-group names have been proposed for some of these species, and these are listed in the texts dealing with the four recognised subfamilies that are listed below. Although sometimes considered mainly as flower-thrips, a large proportion of Thripidae breed only on leaves, never in flowers, a few are predatory on other small arthropods, and a very few are associated with mosses. Most of the pest thrips, and all of the tospovirus vectors, are members of this family. In temperate regions, Thripidae are more abundant than Phlaeothripidae, but in the tropics this situation is reversed.
Subfamilies
Dendrothripinae Priesner, 1925
Panchaetothripinae Bagnall, 1912
Sericothripinae Karny, 1921
Thripinae Stephens, 1829
