''Akthethrips'' is a genus of thrips 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. first described by Laurence Mound in 1970. 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
''Casuarina glauca'', commonly known as the swamp she-oak, swamp oak, grey oak, or river oak, is a species of ''Casuarina'' native to the east coast of Australia. It is found from central Queensland south to southern New South Wales. It has becom ...
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Casuarina pauper
''Casuarina pauper'' is a tree from the family Casuarinaceae, native to a band across the drier, inland areas of southern Australia (). ''C. pauper'' is known as a poorer, stunted form of the closely related '' Casuarina cristata'' ().
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It is suggested that the elongate stylets of this species (and genus) "are adapted to feeding on the chlorophyllous tissue of Casuarina(s)"