THRIPIDAE

Minaei, Kambiz & Mound, Laurence, 2020, Thysanoptera host-plant associations, with an account of species living on Tamarix, and a new species of Lissothrips (Phlaeothripidae), Zootaxa 4868 (2), pp. 275-283 : 277

THRIPIDAE

With almost 2000 species in about 300 genera this is one of the two largest families of Thysanoptera (ThripsWiki 2020) . Members of this family are found worldwide, and sometimes represent a high proportion of the Thysanoptera fauna of semi-arid areas. Of the genera of the three species discussed here in association with Tamarix the first two are commonly associated with such ecosystems, and the third genus is a member of the Anaphothrips complex in which many species have been described from semi-arid areas of Australia ( Mound & Masumoto 2009).