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Phallothrips

Phallothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, and consists of a single species, Phallothrips houstoni. It was first described in 1992 by Laurence Mound and Bernard Crespi.

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Phallothrips
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Phallothrips
Mound & Crespi, 1992
Type species
Phallothrips houstoni
Mound & Crespi, 1992

Phallothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, and consists of a single species, Phallothrips houstoni.12 It was first described in 1992 by Laurence Mound and Bernard Crespi.23

Phallothrips houstoni is found in New South Wales, Queensland,2 and Western Australia.4

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  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: Phallothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. L.A. Mound; B. Crespi (April 1992). "The complex of phlaeothripine thrips (Insecta, Thysanoptera) in woody stem galls ofCasuarinatrees in Australia". Journal of Natural History. 26 (2): 395-406 [403]. doi:10.1080/00222939200770221. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q99974038.
  4. "Factsheet - Phallothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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