Holothrips circulus is a species of thrips in the Phlaeothripinae subfamily, first described in 2014 by Laurence Mound and Desley Tree,[1][2] known only from its type locality, Springbrook, Queensland.[1]

Holothrips circulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Holothrips
Species:
H. circulus
Binomial name
Holothrips circulus
Mound & Tree, 2014

This thrips, like others of its genus, is fungus feeding and not usually found in large colonies.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Holothrips circulus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ Laurence A. Mound; Desley J. Tree (4 September 2014). "Fungus-feeding phlaeothripine Thysanoptera in the genus Holothrips from Australia and New Caledonia, with a structurally similar new genus, Holoengythrips". Zootaxa. 3860 (2): 125–148. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3860.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25283196. Wikidata Q29462904.
  3. ^ "Factsheet - Holothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 21 August 2022.