Katothrips
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| Katothrips | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Katothrips Mound, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Kladothrips tityrus Girault, 1928 | |
Katothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae.[1] It was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound in 1971.[2][3] The type species is Kladothrips tityrus.[2]
Species of this genus are found throughout all mainland states and territories of Australia, and they form galls on Acacias.[2]
