Apostlethrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1] first described by Laurence Mound and Kamb Minaei in 2006.[2][3] The type species is Apostlethrips apostus.[4] The members of this genus are found only in Australia, in the Northern Territory and Western Australia,[4] at the base of grass tussocks where they are believed to feed on fungal hyphae.[5]
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Species edit
- Apostlethrips apostus Mound & Minaei, 2006
- Apostlethrips poaceaeus Wang, Mound & Tree, 2019
- Apostlethrips pygus Mound & Minaei, 2006
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Apostlethrips Mound & Minaei, 2006". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ LAURENCE A. MOUND; KAMB MINAEI (14 March 2006). "New fungus-feeding thrips (Thysanoptera–Phlaeothripinae) from tropical Australia". Zootaxa. 1150 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1150.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97462870.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Apostlethrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ "Factsheet - Apostlethrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
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