Microcephalothrips
Genus information
Microcephalothrips Bagnall, 1926: 113. Type species Thrips abdominalis Crawford 1910, by monotypy.
Paraphysothrips Girault, 1927: 2. Type species Paraphysothrips burnsi Girault, 1927, by monotypy. Synonym by Medina-Gaud, 1961.
Stylothrips Karny, 1926: 205. Type species Stylothrips brevipalpus Karny, 1926, by monotypy. Synonym by Priesner, 1949.
Ctenothripiella Priesner, 1927: 344. Type species Thrips abdominalis Crawford 1910, by subsequent designation. Synonym by Priesner, 1927.
Aureothrips Raizada, 1966: 277. Type species Aureothrips marigoldae Raizada 1966, by monotypy. Synonym by Bhatti, 1969.
Biology and Distribution
Widespread in flowers of Asteraceae.
References
Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. XV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 98–114.
Girault AA (1927) Some new wild animals from Queensland. Published privately. Brisbane. pp. 1–3.
Karny H (1926) Studies on Indian Thysanoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomology Series 9: 187–239.
Priesner H (1927) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung III: 343-568. F. Wagner verlag, Wien.
Raizada U (1966) Studies on some Thysanoptera from Delhi. Zoologischer Anzeiger 176: 277-290.
Species
Microcephalothrips abdominalis (Crawford DL, 1910)