Phlaeothripidae

Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family Rohrthripidae 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]

"Tubulifera" redirects here. For the plasmodial slime mold genus described by Zopf in 1885, see Tubulifera (slime mold). The concealer moth genus Tubulifera, invalidly described by Spuler in 1910, is now included in Pseudatemelia.

Phlaeothripidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Fungus feeding thrips from the Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Suborder: Tubulifera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Uzel, 1895
Subfamilies

Thrips from this family are fairly common, and are generally larger than those in the suborder Terebrantia (containing all other thrips). Idolothrips marginatus 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:

  • Aleurothrips fasciapennis (Franklin) - feeds on whiteflies
  • Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) - Cuban laurel thrips
  • Haplothrips froggatti Hood - Black plague thrips
  • Haplothrips gowdeyi (Franklin) - Goldtipped tubular thrips
  • Haplothrips niger (Osborne) - Red clover thrips
  • Haplothrips victoriensis Bagnall - Tubular black thrips
  • Idolothrips spectrum Haliday - Giant thrips
  • Leptothrips mali Fitch - Black hunter, is used to control mites
  • Liothrips urichi Karny - Clidemia thrips
  • Liothrips vaneeckei Priesner - Lily thrips, damages the bulbs of lilies
  • Teuchothrips disjunctus (Hood) - Bottlebrush thrips
  • Hoplandrothrips - causes leaf rolling of Coffea plants

References
  1. Moritz, G., D. Morris, and L. Mound. 2001. ThripsID: pest thrips of the world. ACIAR and CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
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