Rhamphothrips

Genus information

Rhynchothrips Karny, 1912: 297. Type species Rhynchothrips tenuirostris Karny 1912, by monotypy.

Rhamphothrips Karny, 1913: 123. Replacement name for Rhynchothrips Karny, 1912, not Rhynchothrips Hood, 1912.

Perissothrips Hood, 1919: 91. Type species Perissothrips parviceps Hood, 1919, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1978: 282.

Perissothrips (Bdalsidothrips) Priesner, 1936: 85. Type species Perissothrips (Bdalsidothrips) levis Priesner, 1936, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1978: 282.

Pyctothrips Priesner, 1939: 165. Type species Pyctothrips albizziae Priesner, 1939, by monotypy. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1978: 282.

Biology and Distribution

Old World, leaf-feeding species.

References

Karny H (1912) Zwei Neue javanische Physapoden-Genera. Zoologischer Anzieger 40: 297–301.

Karny H (1913) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gallen von Java. 5. Über die javanischen Thysanopteren-cecidien und deren Bewohner. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 10: 1–126.

Hood JD (1919) On some new Thysanoptera from southern India. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 90–103.

Priesner H (1936) On some further new Thysanoptera from the Sudan. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 20: 83–104.

Priesner H (1939) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo (6. Beitrag). Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 32: 154–175.

Bhatti JS (1978) Studies in the systematics of Rhamphothrips. Oriental Insects 12: 281-303.