Thripidae

The Thripidae are a family of thrips with hundreds of genera.

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This family is distinguished by a saw-like ovipositor bending downwards. It includes many pest species that suck up intracellular fluids of crop plants, such as the following species prominent in recent literature:

• Limothrips
  • pecerealium - Grain thrips
  • denticornis - Rye thrips
• Thrips
  • meridionalis - Pea thrips
  • tabaci - Onion thrips
  • palmi - Melon thrips
  • angusticeps
• Frankliniella
  • robusta
  • occidentalis - Western Flower thrips
  • bispinosa - Florida Flower thrips
  • fusca - Tobacco thrips
  • schultzei - Blossom thrips
• Taeniothrips inconsequens - Pear thrips
• Scirtothrips
  • dorsalis = Chili thrips
  • perseae - Avocado thrips

The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, has recently expanded its range from Western North America to large portions of Europe and Asia through the trade of greenhouse plants^[1].

The Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis, is an Asian pest on many crops, including chili pepper, roses, strawberry, tea, ground nuts, and castor.

Systematics

  The Thripidae are ordered into four subfamilies:

• Dendrothripinae Priesner, 1925 (16 genera)
• Panchaetothripinae Bagnall, 1912 (38 genera)
• Sericothripinae Karny, 1921 (11 genera)
• Thripinae Stephens, 1829 (227 genera)

Further reading

• Hoddle, M.S. & Mound, L.A. (2003). The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268:1-40. PDF

References

1. ^ William D. J. Kirk, L. Irene Terry (2003). The spread of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 5 (4): 301–310. [1]