Akthethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1][2] first described by Laurence Mound in 1970.[1][3] There is just one species in this genus, Akthethrips strobus, which is found in New South Wales and South Australia, living on the foliage of Casuarina glauca, and Casuarina pauper.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Akthethrips Mound, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Akthethrips strobus Mound, 1970
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It is suggested that the elongate stylets of this species (and genus) "are adapted to feeding on the chlorophyllous tissue of Casuarina(s)"[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Genus Akthethrips Mound, 1970". Australian Faunal Directory.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b LA Mound (1970). "Convoluted maxillary stylets and the systematics of some Phlaeothripine thysanoptera from casuarina trees in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 18 (4): 439-463 [452]. doi:10.1071/ZO9700439. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99639750.
- ^ "Factsheet - Akthethrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
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