''Apostlethrips'' 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 ...
, first described by
Laurence Mound and Kamb Minaei in 2006.
The type species is ''Apostlethrips apostus''.
The members of this genus are found only in Australia, in the
Northern Territory and
Western Australia,
at the base of grass tussocks where they are believed to feed on fungal
hyphae
A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium.
Structure
A hypha consists of one or ...
.
Species
As listed by
GBIF
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:
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Apostlethrips apostus''
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Apostlethrips poaceaeus''
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Apostlethrips pygus''
References
Phlaeothripidae
Thrips
Thrips genera
Taxa named by Laurence Alfred Mound
Insects described in 2006
Arthropods of the Northern Territory
Arthropods of Western Australia
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