Holothrips
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| Holothrips | |
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| Holothrips speciossissimus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Subfamily: | Phlaeothripinae |
| Genus: | Holothrips Karny, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Holothrips ingens | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Abiastothrips Priesner, 1925 | |
Holothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[3] first described in 1911 by Heinrich Hugo Karny.[1][4] The type species is Holothrips ingens.[1]
Thrips from this genus feed on fungus.[5]
