Belongs within: Thripida.
Contains: Desmothrips.
The Aeolothripidae include medium-sized, usually dark brown thrips, often with dark bands on the wings. Aeolothripids are predatory, or feed on pollen (Mound & Marullo 1996). The Australian genus Cycadothrips is noteworthy as including pollinators of the cycad genus Macrozamia.
Characters (from Mound & Marullo 1996): Medium-sized, usually dark brown and about 2.5 mm long. Antennae with nine segments; sensoria on segments III and IV linear, either along length of segments or transverse around apex (not forming a continuous band). Usually macropterous; forewings broad with apex rounded, two longitudinal and two cross veins, usually with one or two dark transverse or longitudinal bands.
<==Aeolothripidae [Aeothripidae, Palaeothripidae] |--+--Cycadothrips Mound 1991PL12, MM98 | | |--*C. chadwicki Mound 1991MM98 | | |--C. albrechtiPL12 | | `--C. emmaliami Mound & Marullo 1998MM98 | `--+--Dactuliothrips bohartiBMW13 | `--+--+--Orothrips kelloggiBMW13 | | `--Franklinothrips Back 1912BMW13, MM96 [incl. MitothripsMM96] | | |--*F. vespiformis Crawford 1909 [=Aeolothrips vespiformis]MM96 | | |--F. atlasMM96 | | |--F. basseti Mound & Marullo 1998MM98 | | |--F. caballeroi Johansen 1981MM96 | | |--F. fulgidus Hood 1949MM96 | | |--F. lineatus Hood 1949MM96 | | |--F. megalopsMM96 | | |--F. orizabensis Johansen 1974MM96 | | |--F. suzukiiMM96 | | |--F. tenuicornis Hood 1915MM96 | | `--F. variegatus Girault 1927G27 | `--+--+--Stomatothrips Hood 1912PM10, MM96 | | | | i. s.: S. bahamondesi De Santis 1980MM96 | | | |--S. atratusPM10 | | | `--+--S. brunneus Crawford 1940PM10, MM96 | | | `--+--+--*S. flavus Hood 1912MM96, PM10, MM96 | | | | `--S. crawfordi Stannard 1968PM10, MM96 | | | `--+--S. septenarius Hood 1925PM10, MM96 | | | `--+--S. angustipennis Hood 1949PM10, MM96 | | | `--S. rotundus Hood 1949PM10, MM96 | | `--+--Andrewarthaia Mound 1967PM10, MM98 | | | `--*A. kellyana (Bagnall 1924) (see below for synonymy)MM98 | | |--DesmidothripsPM10 | | `--DesmothripsBMW13 | `--Aeolothrips Haliday 1836BMW13, MM96 [incl. ColeothripsMM96, Fabothrips Bhatti 1988MM96] | |--*A. albicinctus Haliday 1836MM96 | |--A. bicolor Hinds 1902MM96 | |--A. duvali Moulton 1927MM96 | |--A. fasciatipennis (n. d.)MM96 | |--A. fasciatus (Linnaeus 1758)MM98 [=Thrips fasciataMM98; incl. A. fasciata f. aptera Karny 1910K10] | |--A. insularisPM10 | |--A. intermediusBMW13 | |--A. major Bailey 1951MM96 | |--A. mexicanus Priesner 1924MM96 | |--A. microstriatus Hood 1935MM96 | |--A. surcalifornianus Johansen 1989MM96 | |--A. versicolorC38 | `--A. vittipennis [=*Fabothrips vittipennis]MM96 `--Cretothrips antiquusPL12 Aeolothripidae incertae sedis: Mymarothrips Bagnall 1928MM98 |--*M. ritchianus Bagnall 1928MM98 |--M. bicolor zur Strassen 1991MM98 `--M. garuda [incl. M. bolus, M. flavidonotus Tong & Zhang 1995]MM98 Rhipidothrips Uzel 1895MM98 |--*R. gratiosus Uzel 1895MM98 |--R. brunneusM13 `--R. cahirensis Priesner 1932MM98 EuceratothripsMM96 AllelothripsMM96 Erythrothrips Moulton 1911MM96 |--*E. arizonae Moulton 1911MM96 |--E. diabolus (Priesner 1932) [=Aeolothrips diabolus]MM96 `--E. durango Watson 1924MM96 Gelothrips Bhatti 1967 [incl. Arcuthrips Mound 1972]MM98 |--*G. alis (Bhatti 1967) [=Aeolothrips (*Gelothrips) alis]MM98 |--G. cinctus (Hood 1918) [=Rhipidothrips cinctus]MM98 `--‘Desmothrips’ monrosi [=*Arcuthrips monrosi]MM98 Erythridothrips Mound & Marullo 1993MM98 `--*E. cubilis Mound & Marullo 1993MM98 Lamprothrips Moulton 1935MM98 `--L. miltoni (Girault 1927) [=Desmothrips miltoni; incl. *L. maculosus Moulton 1935]MM98 Corynothripoides marginipennisMM98
*Andrewarthaia kellyana (Bagnall 1924) [=Rhipidothrips kellyanus; incl. R. aureus Moulton 1935, Aeolothrips hyalinipennis Girault 1930, Andrewarthaia minor Mound 1967]MM98
*Type species of generic name indicated
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