Megathrips

Megathrips
Megathrips lativentris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Megathrips
Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
Synonyms
  • Megothrips Watson, 1923
  • Siphonothrips Buffa, 1908

Megathrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae.[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Megathrips:[2]

  • Megathrips antennatus Guo, Feng & Duan, 2005
  • Megathrips brevis (Bagnall, 1914)
  • Megathrips elegans (Buffa, 1908)
  • Megathrips flavipes (Reuter, 1901)
  • Megathrips inermis Priesner, 1937
  • Megathrips lativentris (Heeger, 1852)
  • Megathrips timidus Cott, 1956

References

  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. ^ "Megathrips Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881". GBIF. Retrieved 23 October 2025.