Apostlethrips

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Apostlethrips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Thysanoptera
Family:
Phlaeothripidae
Genus:
Apostlethrips

Mound & Minaei, 2006
Type species
Apostlethrips apostus
Mound & Minaei, 2006

Apostlethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, [1] first described by Laurence Mound and Kamb Minaei in 2006. [2] [3] The type species is Apostlethrips apostus. [4] The members of this genus are found only in Australia, in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, [4] at the base of grass tussocks where they are believed to feed on fungal hyphae. [5]

Species

As listed by GBIF: [2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Apostlethrips Mound & Minaei, 2006". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  3. ↑ LAURENCE A. MOUND; KAMB MINAEI (14 March 2006). "New fungus-feeding thrips (Thysanoptera–Phlaeothripinae) from tropical Australia". Zootaxa . 1150 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1150.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q97462870.
  4. 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Apostlethrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  5. ↑ "Factsheet - Apostlethrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
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