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Acanthothrips

Acanthothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae. The majority of species in the genus occur in the New World. One species has a holarctic distribution and another species is limited to northern Europe.

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Acanthothrips
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Acanthothrips
Uzel, 18951

Acanthothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae.2 The majority of species in the genus occur in the New World. One species has a holarctic distribution and another species is limited to northern Europe.1

Species

  • Acanthothrips albivittatus
  • Acanthothrips albovittatus
  • Acanthothrips amoenus
  • Acanthothrips argentifer
  • Acanthothrips candidus
  • Acanthothrips folsomi
  • Acanthothrips grandis
  • Acanthothrips itzanus
  • Acanthothrips nodicornis
  • Acanthothrips palmi
  • Acanthothrips perileucus
  • Acanthothrips priesneri
  • Acanthothrips vittatus
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References

  1. Dang, Li-Hong; Mound, Laurence A.; Qiao, Ge-Xia (29 May 2014). "Conspectus of the Phlaeothripinae genera from China and Southeast Asia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)". Zootaxa. 3807 (1): 15. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3807.1.1. PMID 24871154. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. 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.