''Iotatubothrips'' 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. The genus was first described in 1992 by
Mound and Crespi, and the type species is ''Iotatubothrips crozieri''.
The species of this genus are native to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
They create galls in
''Casuarinas''.
Species
* ''
Iotatubothrips crozieri''
* ''
Iotatubothrips kranzae''
References
Phlaeothripidae
Thrips
Thrips genera
Taxa described in 1992
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