Holarthrothrips

Genus information

Holarthrothrips Bagnall, 1927: 562. Type species Holarthrothrips tenuicornis Bagnall, by monotypy.

Adiheterothrips Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1928: 247. Type species Adiheterothrips jambudvipae Ramakrishna Ayyar, by monotypy. Genus synonymised by Mound et al, 1980: 136.

Biology and distribution

The four extant species in this genus breed in the male flowers of Phoenix palms, including date palms. These species occur from Mediterranean countries to India.

References

Bhatti JS. (1986) A new species of Holarthrothrips from Iraq, with notes on host plants and key to species, along with clarification of the position of this genus among Thysanoptera. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 1: 1-33.

Hoddle MS, Mound LA & Paris DL (2012) Thrips of California 2012. Cd-rom published by CBIT Publishing, Queensland.

Mound LA, Heming BS & Palmer JM (1980) Phylogenetic relationships between the families of recent Thysanoptera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 69: 111-141.

Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]