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Crespithrips

Crespithrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, which was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound and David C. Morris in 2000. The type species is Crespithrips enigmaticus.

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Crespithrips
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Crespithrips
Mound & Morris, 2000

Crespithrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,1 which was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound and David C. Morris in 2000.12 The type species is Crespithrips enigmaticus.3

Species of the genus are found in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.3

Species

  • Crespithrips enigmaticus
  • Crespithrips hesperus
References

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. Laurence A Mound; David C Morris (4 July 2000). "Inquilines or kleptoparasites? New phlaeothripine Thysanoptera associated with domicile-building thrips on Acacia trees". Austral Entomology. 39 (3): 130-137 [132]. doi:10.1046/J.1440-6055.2000.00165.X. ISSN 1326-6756. Wikidata Q99669675.
  3. "Australian Faunal Directory: Crespithrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-17.