Katothrips

Genus of thrips

Katothrips
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Thysanoptera
Family:	Phlaeothripidae
Genus:	Katothrips Mound, 1971
Type species
Kladothrips tityrus Girault, 1928

Katothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae.^[1] It was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound in 1971.^[2]^[3] The type species is Kladothrips tityrus.^[2]

Species of this genus are found throughout all mainland states and territories of Australia, and they form galls on Acacias.^[2]

Species

Katothrips argenteus
Katothrips biconus
Katothrips brevitibia
Katothrips brigalowi
Katothrips brunneicorpus
Katothrips capitatus
Katothrips dampieri
Katothrips diamantinus
Katothrips echinatus
Katothrips enochrus
Katothrips flindersi
Katothrips glandis
Katothrips grasbyi
Katothrips hamersleyi
Katothrips hoarei
Katothrips hyrum
Katothrips mackeyanae
Katothrips maslini
Katothrips melasmus
Katothrips mitchelli
Katothrips neottus
Katothrips nodus
Katothrips orionis
Katothrips papulus
Katothrips pendulae
Katothrips peratus
Katothrips sifrus
Katothrips spinosissimus
Katothrips spinosus
Katothrips stuarti
Katothrips tagacis
Katothrips tityrus
Katothrips uniconus
Katothrips unicus
Katothrips yamma

References

^ 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 ^c "Australian Faunal Directory: Katothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
^ L. A. Mound (1971). "Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 25: 387-466 [409]. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.19680. ISSN 0524-6431. Wikidata Q56010889.