Heterothripidae is a family 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 order
Thysanoptera
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 ...
. There are about 6 genera and at least 70 described species in Heterothripidae.
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Genera
These six genera belong to the family Heterothripidae:
* '' Aulacothrips'' Hood, 1952
* '' Heterothrips'' Hood, 1908
* '' Lenkothrips'' De Santis & Sureda, 1970
* † '' Electrothrips'' Bagnall, 1924
* † '' Eocephalothrips'' Bagnall, 1924
* † '' Protothrips'' Priesner, 1924
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