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Taxonomy of Order Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836
Corn flies, Corn lice, Storm bugs, Storm flies, Thrips, Thunderblights, Thunderbugs, Thunderflies


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
710
28641
240164
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Thysanoptera
Haliday, 1836
Corn flies, Corn lice, Storm bugs, Storm flies, Thrips
26
1164
9899
Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836
SuborderTerebrantia
Haliday, 1836
  ⇒ Parasitica
7
413
4414
Families
Genera
Species
SuborderTubulifera
Haliday, 1836
2
559
5259
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyHemithripidae
Bagnall, 1923
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyJezzinothripidae
zur Strassen, 1973
1
3
Genus
Species
FamilyKarataothripidae
Sharov, 1972
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyLiassothripidae
Priesner, 1949
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyMelanothripidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyMoundthripidae
Nel & al., 2007
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyNeocomothripidae
zur Strassen, 1973
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPalaeothripidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPermothripidae
Martynov, 1935
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyPhloeothripidae
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyRhetinothripidae
zur Strassen, 1973
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyRohrthripidae
5
7
Genera
Species
FamilyScaphothripidae
zur Strassen, 1973
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyScudderothripidae
zur Strassen, 1973
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyStenurothripidae
Bagnall, 1923
1
1
Genus
Species
FamilyTriassothripidae
Grimaldi & Shmakov, 2004
0
0
Genera
Species
FamilyUzelothripidae
Hood, 1952
0
0
Genera
Species
GenusAbiastothrips
Priesner, 1925
2Species
GenusAcanthinothrips
Bagnall, 1908
2Species
GenusAgnostothrips
Moulton, 1947
2Species
GenusAkleothrips
Priesner, 1935
0Species
GenusAliothrips
Priesner, 1953
2Species
GenusAmerothrips
Bhatti, 1989
0Species
GenusAmphidoxothrips
Reyes, 1994
1Species
GenusAnanthakrishnaniella
Stannard, 1970
2Species
GenusAnaphidothrips
Hood, 1954
1Species
GenusAnchylothrips
Hood, 1939
0Species
GenusAnthemothrips
Karny, 1907
1Species
GenusAntilopothrips
Priesner, 1965
0Species
GenusApoxythrips
Hood, 1957
1Species
GenusArhipidothrips
Bagnall, 1932
3Species
GenusArrhenochiris
Enderlein, 1929
1Species
GenusAscania
Faure, 1954
1Species
GenusAscirtothrips
Priesner, 1964
9Species
GenusAureothrips
Raizada, 1966
1Species
GenusBactrianothrips
Bagnall, 1936
1Species
GenusBactridothrips
Karny, 1919
5Species
GenusBagnalliola
Priesner, 1949
0Species
GenusBandamia
zur Strassen, 1966
0Species
GenusBaphikothrips
Mound, 1970
3Species
GenusBaphothrips
Priesner, 1933
3Species
GenusBdalsidothrips
Priesner, 1936
0Species
GenusBidentorhtips
Bournier & Bournier, 1980
0Species
GenusBotanothrips
Hood, 1939
0Species
GenusBournieria
Ananthakrishnan, 1966
1Species
GenusBussothrips
Moulton, 1935
1Species
GenusCaenothrips
Hood, 1916
0Species
GenusCapltothrips
Bhatti, 1974
0Species
GenusCapnothrips
zur Strassen, 1979
1Species
GenusCaraibothrips
Bournier, 1993
1Species
GenusCarinopleuris
Bagnall, 1908
0Species
GenusCatina
Faure, 1956
1Species
GenusCeletothrips
Morgan, 1929
1Species
GenusCephalothripoides
Bagnall, 1927
0Species
GenusCercothrips
Hood, 1919
5Species
GenusCerothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1961
1Species
GenusCervothrips
Bagnall, 1936
1Species
GenusChaetothrips
Schille, 1911
1Species
GenusCharientothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1967
1Species
GenusChonothrips
John, 1924
0Species
GenusCnemidothrips
Priesner, 1940
0Species
GenusCnestrothrips
Priesner, 1932
1Species
GenusCoenurothrips
Bagnall, 1921
4Species
GenusCopiothrips
Hood, 1957
6Species
GenusCordylothrips
Hood, 1937
1Species
GenusCradothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1973
0Species
GenusCratothrips
Priesner, 1927
2Species
GenusCryptaplothrips
Priesner, 1927
0Species
GenusCtenothripella
Priesner, 1927
0Species
GenusDantabahuthrips
Shumsher Singh, 1942
0Species
GenusDarwiniothrips
Johansen, 1983
4Species
GenusDasythrips
Hood, 1937
4Species
GenusDemetriothrips
Johansen, 1977
0Species
GenusDendrothripiella
Bagnall, 1927
  ⇒ Dendrothrips
4Species
GenusDerothrips
Jacot-Guillarmod, 1940
2Species
GenusDichaetella
Priesner, 1921
0Species
GenusDinacanthothrips
Priesner, 1932
0Species
GenusDocidothrips
Priesner, 1933
3Species
GenusDracothrips
Bagnall, 1914
1Species
GenusEidothrips
Bagnall, 1918
1Species
GenusEkplectothrips
Titschack, 1958
1Species
GenusElaphoxothrips
Bagnall, 1932
0Species
GenusElaphridia
Ananthakrishnan, 1964
0Species
GenusElaphridothrips
Priesner, 1932
1Species
GenusEndacnothrips
Priesner, 1933
0Species
GenusEnneothripiella
Moulton, 1941
0Species
GenusEpiliothrips
Priesner, 1965
2Species
GenusEremothrips
Priesner, 1926
0Species
GenusErythrinothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1956
0Species
GenusEulophothrips
Schmutz, 1909
1Species
GenusEuphloeothrips
Morison, 1949
0Species
GenusExophthalmothrips
Moulton, 1932
3Species
GenusFormicothrips
Priesner, 1927
1Species
GenusFulgorothrips
Faure, 1933
3Species
GenusGalactothrips
Moulton, 1933
1Species
GenusGigaplothrips
Priesner, 1949
0Species
GenusGlabrothrips
Velikan, 1986
1Species
GenusGoetothrips
Priesner, 1925
1Species
GenusGraphidothrips
Moulton, 1930
1Species
GenusGynoplothrips
Priesner, 1949
0Species
GenusHammatothrips
Priesner, 1932
1Species
GenusHennigithrips
Johansen, 1986
0Species
GenusHexagoniothrips
Johansen & Montes de Oca, 1989
2Species
GenusHolmiella
zur Strassen, 1972
1Species
GenusHomothrips
Bagnall, 1915
6Species
GenusHoodia
Karny, 1910
3Species
GenusHoodothripoides
Mound, 1970
1Species
GenusHylothrips
Priesner, 1932
1Species
GenusIsopterothrips
Bagnall, 1926
1Species
GenusKentronothrips
Moulton, 1928
0Species
GenusKlinothrips
Bagnall, 1918
1Species
GenusKrinothrips
Bagnall, 1918
1Species
GenusLampothrips
Moulton, 1935
0Species
GenusLeptogastrothrips
Trybom, 1913
4Species
GenusLeurothrips
Bagnall, 1908
2Species
GenusLimoceryothrips
Watson, 1926
0Species
GenusLimphysothrips
Bagnall, 1919
2Species
GenusLophothrips
Karny, 1911
1Species
GenusLundathrips
Bournier, 1979
1Species
GenusMachadonia
Bournier, 1965
3Species
GenusMacroplatothrips
DUAN, 2001
0Species
GenusMegalomerothrips
Watson, 1918
1Species
GenusMegaphysothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1959
1Species
GenusMelampodothrips
Priesner, 1938
0Species
GenusMesicothripoides
Ananthakrishnan, 1967
0Species
GenusMesopotamothrips
Liebermann & Gemignani, 1931
1Species
GenusMicrocanthothrips
Bagnall, 1914
0Species
GenusMicrolissothrips
Johansen & Mojica, 1984
2Species
GenusMonochaetella
Priesner, 1921
0Species
GenusNanimothrips
zur Strassen, 1974
1Species
GenusNeoeurhynchothrips
Watson, 1923
1Species
GenusNeolimothrips
Shumsher Singh, 1942
1Species
GenusNeopodothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1965
0Species
GenusNephothrips
Priesner, 1949
0Species
GenusOdontinothrips
Priesner, 1914
0Species
GenusOdontoplothrips
Priesner, 1928
2Species
GenusOmmatidothrips
Mound, 1970
1Species
GenusOmmatothrips
Hood, 1915
1Species
GenusOmnatothrips
Watson, 1919
0Species
GenusOphidothrips
Schmutz, 1909
2Species
GenusOrmothrips
Buffa, 1909
2Species
GenusPachythrips
Uzel, 1895
1Species
GenusPallidothrips
Pelikan, 1963
0Species
GenusPanurothrips
Bagnall, 1908
4Species
GenusParaclinothrips
Priesner, 1952
0Species
GenusParagastrothrips
zur Strassen, 1977
1Species
GenusParamesothrips
Priesner, 1926
0Species
GenusParathrips
Karny, 1907
1Species
GenusPathothrips
Hood, 1937
0Species
GenusPaxillothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1961
1Species
GenusPellothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1968
0Species
GenusPercipiothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1964
0Species
GenusPercnothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1967
1Species
GenusPerissothrips
Hood, 1919
10Species
GenusPhaenothrips
Priesner, 1968
7Species
GenusPhaosothrips
Stannard, 1953
0Species
GenusPharetrothrips
Priesner, 1952
0Species
GenusPhlebothrips
Priesner, 1965
1Species
GenusPhloeobiothrips
Hood, 1925
0Species
GenusPhragmothrips
Hood, 1957
3Species
GenusPhyllothripsiolus
Strand, 1911
0Species
GenusPodaeolella
Priesner, 1926
0Species
GenusPoethrips
Faure, 1933
2Species
GenusPolyommatothrips
Buffa, 1909
1Species
GenusPolyporothrips
Watson, 1927
1Species
GenusPongamiothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1962
0Species
GenusPorphyrothrips
Vuillet, 1913
1Species
GenusProbolothrips
Moulton, 1941
1Species
GenusProlissothrips
Morgan, 1925
1Species
GenusProtemnothrips
Hood, 1937
0Species
GenusPruthiella
Shumsher Singh, 1942
0Species
GenusPseudaeolothrips
Bagnall, 1932
1Species
GenusPseudoarticulella
Shumsher Singh, 1942
0Species
GenusPseudoscirtothrips
Bournier, 1979
1Species
GenusPseudosymphothrips
Kurosawa, 1954
1Species
GenusPyctothrips
Priesner, 1939
1Species
GenusPygaeolella
Priesner, 1926
0Species
GenusRamachandraiella
Ananthakrishnan, 1964
1Species
GenusRamakrishnothrips
Shumsher Singh, 1942
0Species
GenusReticulothrips
Faure, 1925
1Species
GenusRhytidothrips
Karny, 1910
  ⇒ Sericothrips
1Species
GenusRostrothrips
DUAN, 2001
0Species
GenusSaccharothrips
Priesner, 1934
0Species
GenusSakimurathrips
Bhatti, 1989
0Species
GenusSaucrothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1968
0Species
GenusSegnothrips
Ananthakrishnan, 1965
1Species
GenusSericothripoides
Bagnall, 1929
0Species
GenusSimilothrips
Schliephake, 1972
5Species
GenusSporangiothrips
Mohan Daniel, 1985
1Species
GenusStulothrips
Moulton, 1934
1Species
GenusSunaitiothrips
Moulton, 1942
2Species
GenusSynkleothrips
Priesner, 1935
0Species
GenusTardothrips
Bhatti, 1989
0Species
GenusThamnothrips
Priesner, 1932
1Species
GenusTrichaplothrips
Priesner, 1921
2Species
GenusTrybomiella
Bagnall, 1926
2Species
GenusTurkmenothrips
Liskiewicz, 1961
0Species
GenusUzeliella
Bagnall, 1908
2Species
GenusXiphidiothrips
Priesner, 1951
0Species
GenusZeugmatothripoides
Bagnall, 1929
1Species
GenusZopyrothrips
Priesner, 1968
0Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Thysanoptera
GermanBlasenfüße, Fransenfliegen, Fransenflügler, Thripse
EnglishCorn flies, Corn lice, Storm bugs, Storm flies, Thrips, Thunderblights, Thunderbugs, Thunderflies
DutchBlaaspotigen, Donderbeestjes, Dondervliegjes, Onweersbeestjes, Onweersvliegjes, Thripsen, Tripsen
DanishTrips
SwedishBlåsfotingar, Tripsar
FinnishRipsiäiset
SpanishTrips
FrenchThrips, Thysanoptères
PortugueseTrips


Distribution and Species lists of Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836
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Afghanistan
2 Families  3 Genera  7 Species
Albania
4 Families  19 Genera  23 Species
Algeria
3 Families  10 Genera  10 Species
Andorra
3 Families  6 Genera  7 Species
Angola
2 Families  23 Genera  36 Species
Antigua and Barbuda
2 Families  2 Genera  4 Species
Argentina
4 Families  53 Genera  107 Species
Australia
6 Families  264 Genera  1074 Species
Austria
4 Families  67 Genera  224 Species
Azerbaijan
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Bahamas
2 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Bangladesh
3 Families  37 Genera  49 Species
Barbados
2 Families  7 Genera  8 Species
Belarus
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Belgium
5 Families  53 Genera  101 Species
Belize
2 Families  10 Genera  18 Species
Benin
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Bhutan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
3 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Botswana
2 Families  15 Genera  13 Species
Brazil
5 Families  130 Genera  528 Species
Brunei
1 Families  3 Genera  7 Species
Bulgaria
4 Families  12 Genera  14 Species
Burkina Faso
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Burundi
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Cambodia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Cameroon
2 Families  17 Genera  22 Species
Canada
3 Families  59 Genera  161 Species
Cape Verde
4 Families  50 Genera  70 Species
Central African Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Chad
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Chile
4 Families  14 Genera  23 Species
China
4 Families  111 Genera  318 Species
Colombia
4 Families  70 Genera  70 Species
Cook Islands
2 Families  9 Genera  9 Species
Costa Rica
4 Families  77 Genera  224 Species
Croatia
4 Families  26 Genera  66 Species
Cuba
3 Families  28 Genera  54 Species
Cyprus
4 Families  21 Genera  37 Species
Czech Republic
4 Families  79 Genera  253 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 Families  44 Genera  64 Species
Denmark
6 Families  57 Genera  137 Species
Dominica
3 Families  13 Genera  15 Species
Dominican Republic
3 Families  11 Genera  18 Species
East Timor
2 Families  3 Genera  4 Species
Ecuador
5 Families  42 Genera  58 Species
Egypt
4 Families  45 Genera  90 Species
El Salvador
2 Families  3 Genera  2 Species
Estonia
5 Families  25 Genera  41 Species
Ethiopia
2 Families  24 Genera  30 Species
Fiji
2 Families  32 Genera  38 Species
Finland
3 Families  69 Genera  164 Species
France
6 Families  88 Genera  216 Species
Gabon
2 Families  6 Genera  6 Species
Gambia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Georgia
3 Families  26 Genera  38 Species
Germany
7 Families  91 Genera  278 Species
Ghana
2 Families  20 Genera  22 Species
Greece
4 Families  53 Genera  128 Species
Grenada
1 Families  5 Genera  6 Species
Guatemala
3 Families  18 Genera  24 Species
Guinea
2 Families  11 Genera  12 Species
Guinea-Bissau
1 Families  3 Genera  6 Species
Guyana
3 Families  10 Genera  12 Species
Haiti
2 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Honduras
4 Families  23 Genera  29 Species
Hungary
3 Families  52 Genera  124 Species
Iceland
3 Families  23 Genera  20 Species
India
5 Families  247 Genera  663 Species
Indonesia
3 Families  147 Genera  406 Species
Iran
4 Families  56 Genera  163 Species
Iraq
1 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
Ireland
4 Families  32 Genera  48 Species
Israel
4 Families  41 Genera  90 Species
Italy
4 Families  85 Genera  259 Species
Ivory Coast
2 Families  6 Genera  9 Species
Jamaica
3 Families  22 Genera  24 Species
Japan
4 Families  134 Genera  367 Species
Jordan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Kazakhstan
3 Families  14 Genera  23 Species
Kenya
3 Families  34 Genera  65 Species
Kiribati
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Kosovo
1 Families  3 Genera  5 Species
Kyrgyzstan
2 Families  8 Genera  13 Species
Laos
2 Families  8 Genera  9 Species
Latvia
4 Families  17 Genera  20 Species
Lebanon
4 Families  11 Genera  17 Species
Lesotho
4 Families  10 Genera  13 Species
Liberia
2 Families  4 Genera  5 Species
Libya
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Lithuania
4 Families  14 Genera  17 Species
Luxembourg
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
2 Families  23 Genera  26 Species
Malawi
2 Families  5 Genera  6 Species
Malaysia
3 Families  74 Genera  107 Species
Maldives
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Mali
1 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Malta
3 Families  4 Genera  6 Species
Mauritius
2 Families  14 Genera  15 Species
Mexico
6 Families  107 Genera  457 Species
Micronesia
2 Families  4 Genera  2 Species
Moldova
1 Families  4 Genera  4 Species
Mongolia
3 Families  17 Genera  26 Species
Morocco
4 Families  47 Genera  116 Species
Mozambique
2 Families  31 Genera  39 Species
Myanmar
4 Families  7 Genera  7 Species
Namibia
3 Families  22 Genera  29 Species
Nepal
3 Families  35 Genera  41 Species
Netherlands
5 Families  57 Genera  110 Species
New Zealand
4 Families  63 Genera  138 Species
Nicaragua
1 Families  5 Genera  6 Species
Niger
2 Families  7 Genera  7 Species
Nigeria
2 Families  25 Genera  27 Species
Niue
2 Families  5 Genera  5 Species
Norway
4 Families  71 Genera  191 Species
Oman
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Pakistan
3 Families  26 Genera  53 Species
Palestine
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Panama
5 Families  65 Genera  143 Species
Papua New Guinea
2 Families  7 Genera  7 Species
Paraguay
5 Families  23 Genera  29 Species
Peru
5 Families  51 Genera  136 Species
Philippines
3 Families  79 Genera  122 Species
Poland
5 Families  54 Genera  104 Species
Portugal
5 Families  47 Genera  104 Species
Republic South Africa
5 Families  132 Genera  275 Species
Romania
4 Families  26 Genera  37 Species
Russia
6 Families  57 Genera  123 Species
Rwanda
4 Families  36 Genera  28 Species
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2 Families  2 Genera  5 Species
Saint Lucia
3 Families  15 Genera  13 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families  10 Genera  14 Species
Samoa
2 Families  11 Genera  10 Species
Saudi Arabia
3 Families  9 Genera  19 Species
Senegal
2 Families  10 Genera  10 Species
Serbia
3 Families  15 Genera  32 Species
Seychelles
3 Families  21 Genera  26 Species
Sierra Leone
2 Families  27 Genera  34 Species
Singapore
2 Families  21 Genera  29 Species
Slovakia
3 Families  16 Genera  29 Species
Slovenia
3 Families  32 Genera  77 Species
Solomon Islands
2 Families  32 Genera  54 Species
Somalia
2 Families  3 Genera  3 Species
South Korea
3 Families  32 Genera  57 Species
Spain
5 Families  89 Genera  272 Species
Sri Lanka
3 Families  48 Genera  82 Species
Sudan
4 Families  31 Genera  50 Species
Suriname
3 Families  16 Genera  20 Species
Sweden
6 Families  90 Genera  236 Species
Switzerland
4 Families  33 Genera  71 Species
Syria
4 Families  15 Genera  36 Species
Taiwan
4 Families  122 Genera  340 Species
Tajikistan
2 Families  5 Genera  5 Species
Tanzania
3 Families  30 Genera  44 Species
Thailand
2 Families  65 Genera  104 Species
Togo
2 Families  6 Genera  6 Species
Tonga
2 Families  8 Genera  9 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
5 Families  46 Genera  68 Species
Tunisia
4 Families  10 Genera  21 Species
Turkey
4 Families  42 Genera  137 Species
Turkmenistan
2 Families  5 Genera  9 Species
Uganda
3 Families  48 Genera  41 Species
Ukraine
3 Families  24 Genera  44 Species
United Arab Emirates
4 Families  21 Genera  29 Species
United Kingdom
5 Families  88 Genera  256 Species
Uruguay
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
USA
8 Families  214 Genera  982 Species
Uzbekistan
3 Families  13 Genera  17 Species
Vanuatu
2 Families  15 Genera  22 Species
Venezuela
2 Families  18 Genera  26 Species
Vietnam
2 Families  17 Genera  21 Species
Yemen
3 Families  60 Genera  115 Species
Zambia
2 Families  8 Genera  8 Species
Zimbabwe
2 Families  11 Genera  11 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Links, sources and further information
Thysanoptera at artfakta.se
Thysanoptera at dyntaxa.se
Thysanoptera at gbif.org
Thysanoptera at irmng.org
Thysanoptera at itis.gov
Thysanoptera at marinespecies.org