Holopothrips

Genus information

Holopothrips Hood, 1914: 49. Type species Holopothrips signatus Hood, 1914, by original designation.

Phrasterothrips Priesner, 1921: 210. Type species Phrasterothrips conducans Priesner, 1921, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 289.

Diploacanthothrips Moulton, 1933: 239. Type species Diploacanthothrips fuscus Moulton, 1933, by monotypy. Synonymised with Phrasterothrips, by Priesner, 1949: 127.

Homorothrips Hood, 1954: 52. Type species Homorothrips erianthi Hood, 1954, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 289.

Anoplothrips Hood, 1954: 53. Type species Anoplothrips jaboticabae Hood, 1954: 53, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 289.

Caraibothrips Bournier, 1993: 234. Type species Caraibothrips inquilinus Bournier, 1993, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 289.

Biology and Distribution

Neotropical, with some species known to induce galls.

References

Hood JD (1914) Two new Thysanoptera from Panama. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 2: 49–53.

Priesner H (1921) Neue und wenig bekannte Thysanopteren der neotropischen Fauna aus der Sammlung des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. Deutsche entomologische Zeitung 1921: 187-223.

Moulton D (1933) The Thysanoptera of South America III. Revista de Entomologia 3: 227–262.

Priesner H (1949) Genera Thysanopterorum. Keys for the identification of the genera of the order Thysanoptera. Bulletin de la Société Royal Entomologique d'Egypte 33: 31-157.

Hood JD (1954) Brasilian Thysanoptera IV. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 17–54.

Bournier A (1993) Thysanoptères de Martinique et de Guadeloupe. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 3(3): 227–240.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-488.