''Crespithrips'' 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 ...
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[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. which was first described by
Laurence Alfred Mound
Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934 in Willesden, London) is an entomologist, who works mostly on the biology and systematics of Thysanoptera (thrips), an area in which he is considered a world authority.
His zoological author abbreviation is Mound. ...
and David C. Morris in 2000.
The type species is ''Crespithrips enigmaticus''.
Species of the genus are found in
Queensland, the
Northern Territory and
Western Australia.
Species
* ''
Crespithrips enigmaticus''
* ''
Crespithrips hesperus''
References
Phlaeothripidae
Thrips
Thrips genera
Insects described in 2000
Taxa named by Laurence Alfred Mound
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