''Acanthothrips'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
thrip
Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are ...
s in the family
Phlaeothripidae
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family Rohrthripidae and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 g ...
.
[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. The majority of species in the genus occur in the
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 3 ...
. One species has a
holarctic
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distribution and another species is limited to northern
Europe
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.
Species
* ''
Acanthothrips albivittatus''
* ''
Acanthothrips albovittatus''
* ''
Acanthothrips amoenus''
* ''
Acanthothrips argentifer''
* ''
Acanthothrips candidus''
* ''
Acanthothrips folsomi''
* ''
Acanthothrips grandis''
* ''
Acanthothrips itzanus''
* ''
Acanthothrips nodicornis''
* ''
Acanthothrips palmi''
* ''
Acanthothrips perileucus''
* ''
Acanthothrips priesneri''
* ''
Acanthothrips vittatus''
References
Phlaeothripidae
Thrips
Thrips genera
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