Brakothrips
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| Brakothrips | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Brakothrips Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Brakothrips gillesi Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004 | |
Brakothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Crespi, Morris and Mound in 2004.[2][3] The type species is Brakothrips gillesi.[2] Insects in this genus are found only in Australia, living under the splitting bark of young branches of Acacias (but one species utilises a similar habitat in Eucalyptus cinerea).[4][5]
