Koptothrips

Koptothrips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Thysanoptera
Family:	Phlaeothripidae
Genus:	Koptothrips Bagnall, 1929
Type species
Koptothrips flavicornis Bagnall, 1929

Koptothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, ^[1] first described by Richard Siddoway Bagnall in 1929. ^[2]

Species in this genus are kleptoparasites, that is they steal galls made by thrips in the Kladothrips genus on Acacia phyllodes. They kill the Kladothrips adults but feed on the gall. ^[3]

Species

There are just four species in this genus, all of which are found in Australia, ^[3] in all mainland states and territories. ^[4]

• Koptothrips dyskritus
• Koptothrips flavicornis
• Koptothrips xenus
• Koptothrips zelus

References

1. "Koptothrips". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN   2405-884X.
2. Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia)25(1928): 184-204 [197].
3. "Factsheet - Koptothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
4. "Australian Faunal Directory: Koptothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-18.

External links

• Description of Kladothrips from Mound LA; Tree DJ (2022), Tubulifera Australiensis - Thysanoptera-Phlaeothripidae Genera in Australia, Wikidata   Q111633067