''Echinothrips'' is a genus of
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
Thripidae
The Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and ante ...
. There are about seven described species in ''Echinothrips''.
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Species
These seven species belong to the genus ''Echinothrips'':
* ''Echinothrips americanus
''Echinothrips americanus'' is a species of thrips (the Order (biology), taxonomic order Thysanoptera) in the family Thripidae. It is found in North America, Europe, and Asia. ''E. americanus'' was first described in 1913 by entomologist Alfred C ...
'' Morgan, 1913
* '' Echinothrips asperatus'' Hood
* '' Echinothrips cancer'' O'Neill
* '' Echinothrips capricorn'' O'Neill
* '' Echinothrips caribeanus'' Hood, 1955
* '' Echinothrips floridensis'' (Watson, 1919)
* '' Echinothrips subflavus'' Hood, 1927
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