Family Phlaeothripidae - Tube-tailed Thrips

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Tube-tailed Thrips - Family Phlaeothripidae

Myoporum thrips damage - Klambothrips myopori

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Thysanoptera (Thrips)

Family Phlaeothripidae (Tube-tailed Thrips)

Numbers

There are 348 species in 77 genera in North America.

Identification

Most species are larger and stouter than thrips in the suborder Terebrantia. Mostly dark brown or black, often with light-colored or mottled wings.

Food

Most are spore feeders, some are predaceous on small insects and mites; others are plant feeders. Some may be of economic importance.

Print References

(1), (2)

Internet References

University of Florida

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 17 August, 2006 - 12:17pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 30 December, 2007 - 4:34pm

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