Belongs within: Thripidae.
Anaphothrips is a cosmopolitan genus of thrips associated with plant leaves, with recorded hosts including Poales, Asparagales, Lamiales, Asteraceae and Chenopodiaceae (Mound & Masumoto 2009).
Characters (from Mound & Masumoto 2009): Apterous, micropterous or macropterous; antennae 8- or 9-segmented, sensorium on III forked (simple in some species), on IV forked; III–VI usually with microtrichia present, often annulate; segment I without dorso-apical setae. Head often slightly projecting in front of eyes; 3 pairs of ocellar setae present; 3 or 4 pairs of postocular setae; eyes large, with or without 6 pigmented facets; maxillary palps 3-segmented, mouth cone relatively long, often slender and pointed at apex. Pronotum with no long setae (one species with posteromarginal S2 longer than remaining setae); ferna usually entire; basantra without setae. Mesonotal campaniform sensilla usually present but often small and inconspicuous. Metascutum with reticulate sculpture. Metapre-episternum usually weakly developed. Mesothoracic sternopleural sutures complete, furca with spinula; metathoracic furca without spinula. Tarsi 2-segmented. Fore wing with setae short, first vein with setal row irregularly spaced, second vein with many setae irregularly spaced; marginal cilia wavy; clavus with 4–9 marginal but no discal setae. Abdominal tergites and sternites without posteromarginal craspeda; tergites without lateral ctenidia, with median setae rarely close together, campaniform sensilla far from posterior margin; VI–VII usually with setae S3 reduced and much smaller than S4; setae on posterior tergites not elongate; tergite IX with two pairs of campaniform sensilla, mid-dorsal setae short and arising laterally; tergite X with dorsal split in distal half; sternites without discal setae; sternites III–VII with 3 pairs of marginal setae, median pair on VII ahead of posterior margin. Males (where known) with pore plates on sternite III or III–VII behind antecostal line, often large and C-shaped, but sometimes small, not C-shaped, or absent; tergite IX with or without dorsal paired thorn-like setae.
<==Anaphothrips Uzel 1895 [incl. Nakaharathrips Retana-Salazar 2007, Neophysopus Schmutz 1913]MM09 |--A. cecili Girault 1928BMW13, MM09 [incl. Hemianaphothrips (Anaphothrips) concinnus Morison 1931MM09] `--+--A. incertus (Girault 1929)BMW13, MM09 [=Limothrips incertusMM09] `--A. sudanensis Trybom 1911BMW13, MM96 (see below for synonymy) Anaphothrips incertae sedis: *A. obscurus (Müller 1776)MM09 (see below for synonymy) A. ambiguus (Girault 1927) [=Neophysopus ambiguus]MM09 A. aptilotus Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. astrolomi Pitkin 1978MM09 A. atriplicis Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. augustae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 ‘Neophysopus’ aureolus Girault 1928G28 A. barringtoni Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. barrowi Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. callani Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. carlylei Girault 1928MM09 A. chortinus Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. cobari Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. cucurbiti Pitkin 1978MM09 A. dalbyi Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. desleyae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. dubius (Girault 1926)MM09 (see below for synonymy) A. epacrida Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. eremophilae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. euphorbiaeA78 A. euryaeA78 A. exocarpi Pitkin 1978MM09 A. exocarpoides Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 ‘Neophysopus’ fragariae Girault 1927G27 A. geijerae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. geleznowiae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. gillespiei Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. glenysae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. innoxiusA78 A. involvensA78 ‘Neophysopus’ io Girault 1927G27 A. keatsi (Girault 1926) [=Heterothrips keatsi]MM09 A. leeuweniA78 A. marginemtorquensA78 A. monga Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. moundi Pitkin 1978MM09 A. newmani Moulton in Moulton & Newman 1935MM09 A. nimbus Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. occidentalis Pitkin 1978MM09 A. orchidiiC38 A. orchis Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. parsonsiae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. pulteneae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. secticornisPL12 A. silvarumA78 A. swezeyi Moulton 1928MM09 A. valida Karny 1910K10 A. varii Moulton in Moulton & Newman 1935MM09 A. walchae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. westringiae Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. whyalla Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09 A. woodi Pitkin 1978MM09 A. yalgooi Mound & Masumoto 2009MM09
Anaphothrips dubius (Girault 1926)MM09 [=Heterothrips dubiusMM09; incl. A. cinctiguttatus Girault 1927MM09, A. regalis Girault 1928MM09, Physothrips regalisGM79, Hemianaphothrips (Anaphothrips) tersus Morison 1930MM09]
*Anaphothrips obscurus (Müller 1776)MM09 [=Thrips obscuraMM09; incl. A. sexguttus Girault 1928MM09, A. striatus (Osborn 1883)MM09, GM79, A. virgoMM96]
Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom 1911BMW13, MM96 [=*Nakaharathrips sudanensisMM09; incl. A. bicinctusMM96, A. bicolorMM96, *Neophysopus medioflavusMM09]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[MM96] Mound, L. A., & R. Marullo. 1996. The thrips of Central and South America: an introduction (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–487.
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