''Selenothrips'' 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 1911 by
Heinrich Hugo Karny
Heinrich Hugo Karny (7 October 1886 – 7 August 1939) was an Austrian physician and entomologist who specialised in Thysanoptera and Orthoptera.
He was a friend of Lucien Chopard and they were regular correspondents during Karny’s medical work ...
.
There are at least two described species in ''Selenothrips''.
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Selenothrips'':
* '' Selenothrips glabratus'' Priesner, 1927
* '' Selenothrips rubrocinctus'' (Giard, 1901) (red-banded thrips)
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Taxa named by Heinrich Hugo Karny
Taxa described in 1911
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