Akainothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Laurence Mound in 1971.[2][3] The type species is Akainothrips citritarsus (Girault, 1828).[2]
| Akainothrips | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Akainothrips Mound, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Akainothrips citritarsus (Girault, 1828)
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The 34 species of this genus are found only in Australia,[4] in all mainland states and territories.[2]
They live and breed in the galls created by other Phlaeothripinae species on the phyllodes of Acacia species.[4]
Species
edit- Akainothrips asketus
- Akainothrips bipictus
- Akainothrips calcica
- Akainothrips carnei
- Akainothrips ciliatus
- Akainothrips citritarsus
- Akainothrips crambus
- Akainothrips dalbyensis
- Akainothrips dubitalis
- Akainothrips exourus
- Akainothrips festus
- Akainothrips francisi
- Akainothrips galeus
- Akainothrips gremius
- Akainothrips herbae
- Akainothrips inionis
- Akainothrips ireneae
- Akainothrips iskae
- Akainothrips juliae
- Akainothrips magnetis
- Akainothrips monaro
- Akainothrips notius
- Akainothrips nyngani
- Akainothrips ochromelus
- Akainothrips papyris
- Akainothrips peronatus
- Akainothrips polysetulus
- Akainothrips quintarius
- Akainothrips roxbyi
- Akainothrips shirleyi
- Akainothrips tathrae
- Akainothrips tessarus
- Akainothrips tosofagi
- Akainothrips uncus
References
edit- ^ Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Akainothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ L. A. Mound (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 [395]. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.19680. ISSN 0524-6431. Wikidata Q56010889.
- ^ a b "Factsheet - Akainothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
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