''Athlibothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family
Phlaeothripidae
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. They are the only extant family of the suborder Tubulifera, alongside the extinct family Rohrthripidae and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 g ...
, first described by
Hermann Priesner
Hermann Priesner (19 November 1891 – 11 August 1974) was an Austrian professor of natural history and a specialist on thrips although he also took an interest in other groups such as Hymenoptera, and Hemiptera.
Priesner was born in Linz, Austr ...