Melanthripidae

Melanthripidae

Species in the four extant genera of this family exhibit striking disjunct distributions. Cranothrips is known mainly from Australia with one species from South Africa; Dorythrips is known from Australia and western South America; Ankothrips is from western USA, Europe and South Africa; Melanthrips is mainly from Europe with a few species in Africa, India and north America. The species all breed in flowers.

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Genera included

Ankothrips Crawford, 1909

† Archankothrips Priesner, 1924

Cranothrips Bagnall, 1915

Dorythrips Hood, 1931

† Eocranothrips Bagnall, 1927

Melanthrips Haliday, 1836