''Koptothrips'' 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 ...

, first described by

Richard Siddoway Bagnall Richard Siddoway Bagnall (14 July 1884 - 19 January 1962) was an English entomologist. Bagnall specialised in Thysanoptera and published several important works on the higher classification of this insect order throughout the world, describing m ...

in 1929.Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. ''Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia)'' 25(1928): 184-204 97 Species in this genus are kleptoparasites, that is they steal galls made by thrips in the '' Kladothrips'' genus on ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

'' phyllodes. They kill the ''Kladothrips'' adults but feed on the gall.

Species

There are just four species in this genus, all of which are found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, in all mainland states and territories. * '' Koptothrips dyskritus'' * '' Koptothrips flavicornis'' * ''

Koptothrips xenus ''Koptothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Richard Siddoway Bagnall in 1929.Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-spec ...

'' * '' Koptothrips zelus''

References

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Description of ''Kladothrips''
from Phlaeothripidae Thrips genera Taxa named by Richard Siddoway Bagnall Taxa described in 1929 {{thrip-stub