Akainothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Laurence Mound in 1971.[2][3] The type species is Akainothrips citritarsus (Girault, 1828).[2]

Akainothrips
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Akainothrips
Mound, 1971
Type species
Akainothrips citritarsus
(Girault, 1828)

The 34 species of this genus are found only in Australia,[4] in all mainland states and territories.[2]

They live and breed in the galls created by other Phlaeothripinae species on the phyllodes of Acacia species.[4]

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  1. ^ Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Akainothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. ^ L. A. Mound (1971). "Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 25: 387-466 [395]. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.19680. ISSN 0524-6431. Wikidata Q56010889.
  4. ^ a b "Factsheet - Akainothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-18.