Heligmothrips

Genus information

Heligmothrips Mound, 1970: 453. Type species Trichothrips erinaceus Karny 1920, by original designation.

Biology and Distribution

An Australian genus, species live on Casuarina foliage.

References

Mound LA (1970) Convoluted maxillary stylets and the systematics of some Phlaeothripine Thysanoptera from Casuarina trees in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 439-463.

Species

Heligmothrips brevidens (Hood, 1918)

Heligmothrips eiletus Mound, 1970

Heligmothrips erinaceus (Karny, 1920)

Heligmothrips frickeri Mound, 1970

Heligmothrips gracilior (Hood, 1918)

Heligmothrips reticulaticeps (Girault, 1927)