Belongs within: Phlaeothripidae.
Contains: Apterygothrips, Karnyothrips, Podothrips, Adraneothrips, Haplothrips, Lissothrips, Leptothrips.
The Haplothripini are a group of mostly flower-feeding thrips characterised by medially constricted fore wings, the presence of prosternal basantral sclerites, and the presence of a maxillary bridge in the head (Mound et al. 2013).
<==Haplothripini
|--+--+--‘Haplothrips’ leucanthemi (Schrank 1781)BMW13, MM96 (see below for synonymy)
| | `--Dyothrips pallescensBMW13
| `--+--HaplothripsBMW13
| `--LissothripsBMW13
`--+--LeptothripsBMW13
`--+--‘Haplothrips’ graminis Hood 1912BMW13, MM96 (see below for synonymy)
`--Scopaeothripina [Rhopalothripini]P60
|--FroggattothripsP60
|--SpilothripsP60
|--RhopalothripoidesP60
| |--R. brunneusA78
| |--R. froggattiMH91
| `--R. luteusMC13
`--Scopaeothrips Hood 1912BMW13, MM96 [incl. Rhopalothrips Hood 1912MM96]
|--*S. unicolor Hood 1912MM96
|--S. bicolor (Hood 1912) [=*Rhopalothrips bicolor]MM96
`--‘Rhopalothrips’ tuberculatus Girault 1929G29
Haplothripini incertae sedis:
AnchylothripsP60
ApterygothripsP60
AulothripsP60
DolicholeptaP60
DolichothripsP60
|--D. inquilinusA78
`--D. longicollisA78
ElateaP60
EuryaplothripsP60
GigaplothripsP60
HadothripsP60
KarnyothripsP60
MelampodothripsP60
PraepodothripsP60
Priesneria Bagnall 1926P73
|--*P. kellyana Bagnall 1926P73
|--P. doliicornis (Bianchi 1946) [=Karnyothrips doliicornis]P73
|--P. insolitus (Ananthakrishnan 1969) [=Agrothrips insolitus]P73
|--P. longistylosa Pitkin 1973P73
`--P. peronisMDT13
TalithaP60
TetragonothripsP60
Craniothrips Bagnall 1915P60, MM96
`--*C. urichi Bagnall 1915MM96
Epomisothrips Hood 1954P60, MM96
`--*E. araucariae Hood 1954MM96
Goniothrips Hood 1927P60, MM96
`--*G. denticornis Hood 1927MM96
Bagnalliella Karny 1920P60, MM96
`--*B. yuccae [=Cephalothrips yuccae]MM96
Antillothrips Stannard 1957P60, MM96
|--A. cingulatus (Hood 1919)MM96 (see below for synonymy)
|--A. exastisMM96
|--A. hartwigi Pitkin 1977MM96
`--A. speciosus (Hood 1925) [=Zygothrips speciosus]MM96
PodothripsP60
Zaliothrips Hood 1938P60, MM96
|--*Z. citripes Hood 1938MM96
|--Z. abdominalis Hood 1954MM96
|--Z. imitator Hood 1956MM96
|--Z. longisetosus Hood 1956MM96
|--Z. luteolus Hood 1956MM96
`--Z. nigripes Hood 1938MM96
Agrothrips Jacot-Guillarmod 1939P60, MM96
|--*A. priesneri Jacot-Guillarmod 1939MM96
|--A. arenicola (Hood 1939) [=Karnyothrips arenicola]MM96
|--A. dimidiatus (Hood 1939) [=Watsoniella dimidiata]MM96
|--A. omani (Crawford 1947) [=Haplothrips omani]MM96
|--A. pallidus (Hood 1912) [=Zygothrips pallidus]MM96
|--A. tantillus Stannard 1958MM96
`--A. tenebricosus (Priesner 1925) [=Haplothrips tenebricosus]MM96
AdraneothripsP73
XylaplothripsP73
|--X. clavipes (Karny 1920) [=Haplothrips clavipes]P73
|--X. darci (Girault 1930) [=Haplothrips darci]P73
|--X. flavitibiaP73
|--X. inquilinusP73
|--X. longusP73
|--X. orientalisP73
|--X. reedi Pitkin 1973P73
`--X. subterraneus (Crawford 1938) [=Haplothrips (Xylaplothrips) subterraneus]C38
AndrothripsA78
|--A. flavipesA78
|--A. melastomaeA78
|--A. ochraceusA78
`--A. ramachandraiA78
Aeglothrips denticulusA78
Antillothrips cingulatus (Hood 1919)MM96 [=Zygothrips cingulatusMM96, Haplothrips cingulatusP73; incl. *A. graminatus Stannard 1957MM96, P73, Watsoniella latiaureus Girault 1927P73]
‘Haplothrips’ graminis Hood 1912BMW13, MM96 [incl. H. angustipennis Watson 1922MM96, H. colombiensis Moulton 1933MM96, Anthothrips floridensis Watson 1916MM96, H. humilis Hood 1914MM96, H. querci Watson 1920MM96, H. rabuni Watson 1922MM96]
‘Haplothrips’ leucanthemi (Schrank 1781)BMW13, MM96 [=Thrips leucanthemiMM96; incl. Phloeothrips niger Osborn 1883MM96, Haplothrips nigerMH91, Zygothrips wyomingensis Watson 1924MM96]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[A78] Ananthakrishnan, T. N. 1978. Thrips galls and gall thrips. Zoological Survey of India, Technical Monograph 1: 1–69, 26 pls.
[BMW13] Buckman, R. S., L. A. Mound & M. F. Whiting. 2013. Phylogeny of thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) based on five molecular loci. Systematic Entomology 38: 123–133.
[C38] Crawford, J. C. 1938. Some new or little known Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 40 (2): 35–43.
[G29] Girault, A. A. 1929. Description of a case of lunacy in Homo and of six-legged articulates. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 262–265).
[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.
[MDT13] Mound, L. A., L.-H. Dang & D. J. Tree. 2013. Genera of fungivorous Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera) from dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia. Zootaxa 3681 (3): 201–224.
[MH91] Mound, L. A., & B. S. Heming. 1991. Thysanoptera (thrips). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 1 pp. 510–515. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).
[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.
[P73] Pitkin, B. R. 1973. A revision of the Australian Haplothripini, with descriptions of three new species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Aust. Ent. Soc. 12: 315–339.
[P60] Priesner, H. 1960. Das System der Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 13: 283–296.