Octurothrips

Octurothrips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Thysanoptera
Family:	Phlaeothripidae
Genus:	Octurothrips Priesner, 1931

Octurothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, ^[1] first described by Hermann Priesner in 1931. ^{[2] [3]} There is just one species in this genus: Octurothrips pulcher. ^{[4] [5]}

This genus and species has unusually long abdominal segments IX and X. ^[5] It shares many of the characters of Habrothrips , but its head and antennae are very different. ^[5]

Distribution and habitat

It has been found in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland in inland arid zones, ^[5] by beating the stems of various Acacias. ^[5] It is thought to feed on fungus. ^[5]

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. "Australian Faunal Directory: Octurotrhips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
3. Priesner, H. (1931). "Ein neues Genus aus der Familie Urothripidae" (PDF). Konowia (in German). 10: 93–95 [93]..
4. "IRMNG - Octurothrips Priesner, 1931". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
5. "Factsheet - Octurothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-05-03.

Further reading

• LA Mound (1972). "Species complexes and the generic classification of leaf-litter thrips of the tribe Urothripini (Phlaeothripidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology . 20 (1): 83. doi:10.1071/ZO9720083. ISSN   0004-959X. Wikidata   Q54670929.
• Laurence A Mound; Li-Hong Dang; Desley J Tree (1 January 2013). "Genera of fungivorous Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera) from dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia". Zootaxa . 3681 (3): 201–224. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3681.3.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   25232603. Wikidata   Q29469397.