Bolothrips

Genus information

Bolothrips Priesner, 1926: 90. Type species Phloeothrips bicolor Heeger, by original designation.

Bolothrips (Botanothrips) Hood, 1939: 605. Type species Bolothrips pratensis Hood, by original designation.

Boloadelothrips Moulton, 1949: 489. Type species Boloadelothrips africanus Moulton, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 35.

Biology and Distribution

At least 15 species, widespread around the world, often at the bases of grasses and sedges.

References

Priesner, H (1926) Die Jugendstadien der Malayischen Thysanopteren. Treubia 8 (Supplement): 1-264.

Hood JD (1939) New north American Thysanoptera, principally from Texas. Revista de Entomologia 10: 550–619.

Moulton D (1949) New Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(2): 481–498.

Species

Bolothrips africanus Moulton, 1949

Bolothrips bicolor Heeger, 1852

Bolothrips cinctus Faure, 1954

Bolothrips cingulatus Karny, 1916

Bolothrips dentipes Reuter, 1880

Bolothrips dentis Faure, 1954

Bolothrips embotyi Faure, 1943

Bolothrips gilvipes Hood, 1914

Bolothrips icarus Uzel, 1895

Bolothrips inaccessiblensis Morison, 1960

Bolothrips insularis Bagnall, 1914

Bolothrips italicus Mound, 1974

Bolothrips moundi zur Strassen, 1992

Bolothrips pratensis Hood, 1939

Bolothrips rachiphilus Cott, 1956

Bolothrips schaferi Thomason & Post, 1966

Bolothrips varius Hartwig, 1948