Apostlethrips
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| Apostlethrips | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Apostlethrips Mound & Minaei, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Apostlethrips apostus Mound & Minaei, 2006 | |
Apostlethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Laurence Mound and Kamb Minaei in 2006.[2][3] The type species is Apostlethrips apostus.[4] The members of this genus are found only in Australia, in the Northern Territory and Western Australia,[4] at the base of grass tussocks where they are believed to feed on fungal hyphae.[5]
