Koptothrips Explained

Koptothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described by Richard Siddoway Bagnall in 1929.^[1]

Species in this genus are kleptoparasites, that is they steal galls made by thrips in the Kladothrips genus on Acacia phyllodes. They kill the Kladothrips adults but feed on the gall.

Species

There are just four species in this genus, all of which are found in Australia,^[2] in all mainland states and territories.^[3]

• Koptothrips dyskritus
• Koptothrips flavicornis
• Koptothrips xenus
• Koptothrips zelus

External links

• Description of Kladothrips from

Notes and References

1. Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia) 25(1928): 184-204 [197].
2. Web site: Factsheet - Koptothrips . 2022-04-18 . keys.lucidcentral.org.
3. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Koptothrips . 2022-04-18 . biodiversity.org.au . en.