Phlaeothripidae is a family of

thrips 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 ...

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 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400. Some 3,400 species are recognised in this family, and many are

fungivores Fungivory or mycophagy is the process of organisms consuming fungi. Many different organisms have been recorded to gain their energy from consuming fungi, including birds, mammals, insects, plants, amoebas, gastropods, nematodes, bacteria and othe ...

living in the tropics.Moritz, G., D. Morris, and L. Mound. 2001. ThripsID: pest thrips of the world. ACIAR and CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. Thrips from this family are fairly common, and are generally larger than those in the suborder

Terebrantia Terebrantia is a suborder of thrips (order Thysanoptera). Order Thysanoptera includes 5,500 species classified into two suborders distinguished by the ovipositor. Terebrantia have a well-developed conical ovipositor, while the Tubulifera do not. ...

(containing all other thrips). '' Idolothrips marginatus'' can attain a body length of up to 14 mm. The group is distinguished by having the last abdominal segment modified into a tube-like structure – hence the suborder's name, which means "tube-bearers".

Selected species

Some of the better-known species are: * '' Aleurothrips fasciapennis'' (Franklin) - feeds on whiteflies * '' Gynaikothrips ficorum'' ( Marchal) - Cuban laurel thrips * '' Haplothrips froggatti'' Hood - Black plague thrips * '' Haplothrips gowdeyi'' (Franklin) - Goldtipped tubular thrips * '' Haplothrips niger'' (Osborne) - Red clover thrips * '' Haplothrips victoriensis'' Bagnall - Tubular black thrips * '' Idolothrips spectrum'' Haliday - Giant thrips * '' Leptothrips mali'' Fitch - Black hunter, is used to control mites * '' Liothrips urichi'' Karny - Clidemia thrips * '' Liothrips vaneeckei'' Priesner - Lily thrips, damages the bulbs of lilies * '' Teuchothrips disjunctus'' (Hood) - Bottlebrush thrips * '' Hoplandrothrips'' - causes leaf rolling of ''

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References

External links

''Gynaikothrips ficorum'', Cuban laurel thrips
on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site {{Taxonbar, from=Q2037171 Insect families