Anaglyptothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Laurence Mound and Palmer in 1983.[2] There is only one species known in this genus, Anaglyptothrips dugdalei, which was described from a specimen collected in New Zealand. However it is also found in New South Wales and Queensland.[3] (In New South Wales it has also been found on Norfolk Island.)[4][5][6]

Anaglyptothrips
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Anaglyptothrips
Mound & Palmer, 1983
Species:
A. dugdalei
Binomial name
Anaglyptothrips dugdalei
Mound & Palmer, 1983

The species, Anaglyptothrips dugdalei, is wingless and feeds on fungal spores at the base of grass tussocks.[3]

References

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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. ^ 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 [34]. ISSN 0524-6431. Wikidata Q111654125.
  3. ^ a b "Factsheet - Anaglyptothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  4. ^ "Factsheet - Anaglyptothrips dugdalei". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  5. ^ Laurence A. Mound; Alice Wells (2 June 2015). "Endemics and adventives: Thysanoptera (Insecta) biodiversity of Norfolk, a tiny Pacific Island". Zootaxa. 3964 (2): 183–210. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3964.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26249431. Wikidata Q29458438.
  6. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Anaglyptothrips Mound & Palmer, 1983". Retrieved 2024-10-13.