''Koptothrips'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 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

Richard Siddoway Bagnall Richard Siddoway Bagnall (14 July 1889, Winlaton near Whickham -19 January 1962) was an English entomologist who specialised in Thysanoptera. Bagnall worked on world fauna and described many new genera and species and wrote 1912 Some consideration ...

in 1929.Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. ''Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia)'' 25(1928): 184-204 97 Species in this genus are kleptoparasites, that is they steal galls made by thrips in the ''

Kladothrips ''Kladothrips'' is a genus of Australian gall thrips. It is notable for including some of the few organisms outside of Hymenoptera that exhibit eusociality. Diversity The following species of ''Kladothrips'' are recognized: *''Kladothrips acaci ...

'' genus on ''

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 ...

'' phyllodes. They kill the ''Kladothrips'' adults but feed on the gall.

Species

There are just four species in this genus, all of which are found in

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 ...

, in all mainland states and territories. * '' Koptothrips dyskritus'' * '' Koptothrips flavicornis'' * '' Koptothrips xenus'' * '' Koptothrips zelus''

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Description of ''Kladothrips''
from Phlaeothripidae Thrips genera Taxa named by Richard Siddoway Bagnall Taxa described in 1929 {{thrip-stub