Mound, Laurence A.
Thripidae
Sign in to saveThe Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and antennae of six to ten antennomeres with stiletto-like forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderThysanoptera
- FamilyThripidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,016
- With media
- 180
- Family
- Thripidae
- Collections
- UAM, UCMP, TTU, UCSB
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Systematics
- Subfamilies
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and antennae of six to ten antennomeres with stiletto-like forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV.
They are considered to be among the more derived of thrips, having evolved many traits key to specializing as cryptophilous phytovores, living in the narrow spaces at the bases of leaves and within flowers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thripidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.