Bregmatothrips

Genus information

Bregmatothrips Hood, 1912: 66. Type species Bregmatothrips venustus Hood, 1912, by original designation.

Limocercyothrips Watson, 1926: 9. Type species Limocercyothrips bicolor Watson, 1926, by monotypy.

Poethrips Faure, 1933: 3. Type species Poethrips furcatus Faure, 1933, by monotypy.

Neolimothrips Shumsher Singh, 1942: 118. Type species Neolimothrips brachycephalus Shumsher Singh, 1942, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Living on Poaceae, possibly Old World in origin.

References

Hood JD (1912) New genera and species of North American Thysanoptera from the South and West. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25: 61–76.

Watson JR (1926) New Thysanoptera from Florida XIII; cont'd. Florida Entomologist 10: 9–12.

Faure JC (1933) New genera and species of Thysanoptera from South Africa. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 28: 1–75.

Shumsher Singh (1942) Contribution to our knowledge of Indian Thysanoptera. Indian Journal of Entomology 4(2): 111–135.

Mound LA (2011) Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia. Zootaxa 3064: 1-40.

Species

Bregmatothrips australis Mound, 2011

Bregmatothrips binervis Kobus, 1893

Bregmatothrips bournieri Pelikan, 1988

Bregmatothrips brachycephalus Shumsher, 1942

Bregmatothrips dimorphus Priesner, 1919

Bregmatothrips furcatus Faure, 1933

Bregmatothrips piceus zur Strassen, 1993

Bregmatothrips venustus Hood, 1912

Bregmatothrips willcocksi Priesner, 1939