''Crespithrips'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

thrip Thrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have described approximately 7,700 species. They fly only weakly and their feathery wings are ...

s in the family

Phlaeothripidae Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips Thrips (Order (biology) , order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have species description , describe ...

,Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019)
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist
Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. which was first described by

Laurence Alfred Mound Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934 in Willesden, London) is an entomologist, who works mostly on the biology and systematics of Thysanoptera (thrips), an area in which he is considered a world authority. His zoological author abbreviation is Mound ...

and David C. Morris in 2000. The type species is ''Crespithrips enigmaticus''. Species of the genus are found in

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, the

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and

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

Species

* '' Crespithrips enigmaticus'' * '' Crespithrips hesperus''

References

Phlaeothripidae Thrips Thrips genera Insects described in 2000 Taxa named by Laurence Alfred Mound {{thrip-stub