''Octurothrips'' is a

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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

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 ...

in 1931.. There is just one species in this genus: ''Octurothrips pulcher.'' This genus and species has unusually long abdominal segments IX and X. It shares many of the characters of '' Habrothrips'', but its head and antennae are very different.

Distribution and habitat

It has been found in

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and

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in inland arid zones, by beating the stems of various

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s. It is thought to feed on fungus.

Distribution and habitat

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