Akthethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1][2] first described by Laurence Mound in 1970.[1][3] There is just one species in this genus, Akthethrips strobus, which is found in New South Wales and South Australia, living on the foliage of Casuarina glauca, and Casuarina pauper.[4]

Akthethrips
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Akthethrips
Mound, 1970
Type species
Akthethrips strobus
Mound, 1970

It is suggested that the elongate stylets of this species (and genus) "are adapted to feeding on the chlorophyllous tissue of Casuarina(s)"[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Genus Akthethrips Mound, 1970". Australian Faunal Directory.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b LA Mound (1970). "Convoluted maxillary stylets and the systematics of some Phlaeothripine thysanoptera from casuarina trees in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 18 (4): 439-463 [452]. doi:10.1071/ZO9700439. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99639750.
  4. ^ "Factsheet - Akthethrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.