Akainothrips
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| Akainothrips | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Akainothrips Mound, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Akainothrips citritarsus (Girault, 1828) | |
Akainothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Laurence Mound in 1971.[2][3] The type species is Akainothrips citritarsus (Girault, 1828).[2]
The 34 species of this genus are found only in Australia,[4] in all mainland states and territories.[2]
They live and breed in the galls created by other Phlaeothripinae species on the phyllodes of Acacia species.[4]
