Bactrothrips, Karny, 1912

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 : 16

Bactrothrips

There are 46 species currently listed in the genus Bactrothrips , mostly from Africa ( Mound & Palmer, 1983), and these are usually found on dead branches with dry leaves. Most of the species are distinguished from each other by the number and size of lateral tubercles on the abdomen of males. However, males vary greatly in size, and the species taxonomy within the genus is thus probably not secure. Of the few species known from the Oriental region, only the seven species from Japan are well characterised ( Okajima, 2006). B. idolomorphus Karny is widespread across Asia from Sri Lanka to Malaysia, B. guineaensis Moulton was described from New Guinea, B. luteus Ananthakrishnan from India, and B. nativus Girault from Australia.