Ophthalmothrips
Genus information
Ophthalmothrips Hood, 1919: 67. Type species Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi Hood, by monotypy.
Pyrgothrips Karny, 1924: 35. Type species Pyrgothrips conocephalus Karny, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 70.
Fulgorothrips Faure, 1933: 62. Type species Fulgorothrips priesneri Faure, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 70.
Derothrips Jacot-Guillarmod, 1940: 133. Type species Derothrips amyae Jacot-Guillarmod, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 70.
Biology and Distribution
The species of this genus are found between Africa and Japan, usually at the base of grasses.
References
Hood JD (1919) On some new Idolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 66–74.
Karny H (1924) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 38. Thysanoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi (2)17A: 1–56.
Faure JC (1933) New genera and species of Thysanoptera from South Africa. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 28: 1–75.
Jacot-Guillarmod CF (1940) Studies on South African Thysanoptera - I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 3: 131–138.
Species
Ophthalmothrips amyae Jacot-Guillarmod, 1940
Ophthalmothrips breviceps Bagnall, 1914
Ophthalmothrips conocephalus Karny, 1924
Ophthalmothrips faurei Ananthakrishnan, 1964
Ophthalmothrips formosanus Karny, 1913
Ophthalmothrips lesnei Priesner, 1952
Ophthalmothrips longiceps Haga, 1975
Ophthalmothrips miscanthicola Haga, 1975
Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi Hood, 1919
Ophthalmothrips priesneri Faure, 1933
Ophthalmothrips tenebronus Han & Cui, 1991
Ophthalmothrips yunnanensis Cao, Guo & Feng, 2010
