''Retithrips'' 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 ...

, first described in 1910 by

Paul Marchal Paul Alfred Daniel Marchal (27 September 1862, Paris, – 2 March 1942, Paris) was a French entomologist. He was president of the French Entomological Society (''Société entomologique de France'') in 1907. He was president of the French Zoo ...

. These thrips are leaf-feeding.

Species

The

IRMNG The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) is a taxonomic database which attempts to cover published genus names for all domains of life (also including subgenera in zoology), from 1758 in zoology (1753 in botany) up to the pres ...

lists one species: '' Retithrips javanicus'' Karny, 1923, but

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also includes '' Retithrips syriacus'' (Mayet, 1890).

References

Thripidae Taxa named by Paul Marchal Taxa described in 1910 {{thrips-stub