Koptothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Richard Siddoway Bagnall in 1929.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Koptothrips Bagnall, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Koptothrips flavicornis Bagnall, 1929
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Species in this genus are kleptoparasites, that is they steal galls made by thrips in the Kladothrips genus on Acacia phyllodes. They kill the Kladothrips adults but feed on the gall.[3]
Species
editThere are just four species in this genus, all of which are found in Australia,[3] in all mainland states and territories.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Koptothrips". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- ^ Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia) 25(1928): 184-204 [197].
- ^ a b "Factsheet - Koptothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Koptothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
External links
edit- Description of Kladothrips from Mound LA; Tree DJ (2022), Tubulifera Australiensis - Thysanoptera-Phlaeothripidae Genera in Australia, Wikidata Q111633067
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