Kladothrips

Genus information

Kladothrips Froggatt, 1906: 1011. Type species Kladothrips rugosus Froggatt, 1906, by monotypy.

Onychothrips Karny, 1911: 565. Type species Phloeothrips tepperi Uzel 1905, by monotypy. Synonymised by Crespi et al., 2004: 237.

Oncothrips Karny, 1911: 567. Type species Oncothrips tepperi Karny, 1911, by monotypy. Synonymised by Crespi et al., 2004: 237.

Brithothrips Moulton, 1942: 8. Type species Brithothrips fuscus Moulton, 1942, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound, 1971: 439.

Diplonychothrips Moulton, 1968: 103. Type species Diplonychothrips antennatus Moulton, 1968, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound, 1971: 439.

Biology and Distribution

From Australia, gall-inducing on Acacia phyllodes.

References

Froggatt WW (1906) Thrips of Black Fly (Thysanoptera). Agricultural Gazette of NSW 17: 1005-1011.

Karny H (1911) Über Thrips-Gallen und Gallen-Thripse. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 30: 556-572.

Moulton D (1942) Seven new genera of Thysanoptera from Australia and New Zealand. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 41: 1-13.

Moulton D (1968)[published posthumously]. New Thysanoptera from Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th series 36: 93-124.

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 25: 387–466.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. pp. 1–328.