Phlaeothripidae
| Phlaeothripidae Temporal range:
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| Fungus feeding thrips from the Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Suborder: | Tubulifera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae Uzel, 1895 |
| Subfamilies | |
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400. Some 3,400 species are recognised in this family, and many are fungivores living in the tropics.[1]
Thrips from this family are fairly common, and are generally larger than those in the suborder Terebrantia (containing all other thrips). can attain a body length of up to 14 mm. The group is distinguished by having the last abdominal segment modified into a tube-like structure – hence the suborder's name, which means "tube-bearers".
Selected species[]
Some of the better-known species are:
- (Franklin) - feeds on whiteflies
- Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) - Cuban laurel thrips
- Hood - Black plague thrips
- (Franklin) - Goldtipped tubular thrips
- (Osborne) - Red clover thrips
- Bagnall - Tubular black thrips
- Haliday - Giant thrips
- Fitch - Black hunter, is used to control mites
- Liothrips urichi Karny - Clidemia thrips
- Priesner - Lily thrips, damages the bulbs of lilies
- (Hood) - Bottlebrush thrips
- Hoplandrothrips - causes leaf rolling of Coffea plants
References[]
- ^ Moritz, G., D. Morris, and L. Mound. 2001. ThripsID: pest thrips of the world. ACIAR and CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phlaeothripidae. |
- Gynaikothrips ficorum, Cuban laurel thrips on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
- Phlaeothripidae
- Insect families