Carientothrips, Moulton, 1944

Eow, L. X., Mound, L. A. & Ng, Y. F., 2011, Genera of Spore-Feeding Thysanoptera from Southeast Asia (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), with a species checklist from Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 2928 (1), pp. 1-19 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2928.1.1
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scientific name	Carientothrips
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Most of the 18 species listed in this genus are from Australia or Pacific island territories, with one species, C. grayi Mound , from New Guinea. These thrips live on dead branches, but with several species associated with fungi at the base of grasses. This genus is closely related to Nesothrips Kirkaldy ( Mound & Palmer, 1983) , with similar morpho-character problems in taxonomy–the compound eyes of some species are not prolonged ventrally.

References

Mound, L. A. & Palmer, J. M. (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46, 1 - 174.