Belothrips

Genus information

Taeniothrips (Belothrips) Haliday, 1836: 450. Type species Taeniothrips (Belothrips) acuminatus Haliday, 1836, by monotypy.

Nigritothrips Bhatti, 1978: 96. Type species Belothrips longistylosus Priesner 1920, by original designation. Synonymised by Mirab-balou et al., 2025.

Biology and Distribution

Two European species are placed in this genus.

References

Haliday AH (1836) An epitome of the British genera in the Order Thysanoptera with indications of a few of the species. Entomological Magazine 3: 439–451. Mirab-balou M, Mound L, Goldarazena A & Negis IS (2025) The Palaearctic genus Belothrips Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with new synonyms and new combinations. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 387–394.

Species

Belothrips acuminatus (Haliday, 1836)

Belothrips morio Reuter, 1901