''Brakothrips'' is a
genus of
thrips in the family
Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and
Mound in 2004.
The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''.
[ Insects in this genus are found only in ]Australia
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, living under the splitting bark of young branches of ''Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
s'' (but one species utilises a similar habitat in '' Eucalyptus cinerea).''
Species
* ''Brakothrips bullus
''Brakothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Laurence Alfred Mound, Mound in 2004. The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''. Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living ...
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* ''Brakothrips gillesi
''Brakothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004. The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''. Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting ...
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* ''Brakothrips maafi
''Brakothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004. The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''. Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting ...
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* ''Brakothrips meandarra
''Brakothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004. The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''. Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting ...
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* ''Brakothrips pilbara
''Brakothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004. The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''. Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting ...
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* ''Brakothrips sculptilis
''Brakothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004. The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''. Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting ...
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* ''Brakothrips stenos
''Brakothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004. The type species is ''Brakothrips gillesi''. Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting ...
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References
External links
Description of ''Brakothrips''
Phlaeothripidae
Thrips
Thrips genera
Taxa named by Laurence Alfred Mound
Insects described in 2004
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