Octothrips

Genus information

Octothrips Moulton, 1940: 243. Type species Octothrips suspensus Moulton, 1940, by monotypy.

Apollothrips Wilson, 1972: 49. Type species Apollothrips bhattii Wilson, 1972, by monotypy; synonymised by Bhatti, 2003.

Biology and Distribution

Tropical Asia, associated with ferns.

References

Moulton D (1940) Thysanoptera from New Guinea and New Britain. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum 15: 243–270.

Wilson TH (1972) Apollothrips bhattii, a new genus and species of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Central India, with a synopsis of related genera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65: 49–54.

Bhatti JS (2003) Species of Octothrips Moulton 1940 (Terebrantia: Thripidae) living on ferns in south and southeast Asia, with Apollothrips Wilson 1972 as new synonym. Thysanoptera 2003: 15-24.

Species

Octothrips bhattii Wilson, 1972

Octothrips karnyi zur Strassen, 1992

Octothrips suspensus Moulton, 1940