Biology:Apostlethrips

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Apostlethrips
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Apostlethrips

Mound & Minaei, 2006
Type species
Apostlethrips apostus
Mound & Minaei, 2006

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]

Species

As listed by GBIF:[2]

  • Apostlethrips apostus Mound & Minaei, 2006
  • Apostlethrips poaceaeus Wang, Mound & Tree, 2019
  • Apostlethrips pygus Mound & Minaei, 2006

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Apostlethrips Mound & Minaei, 2006" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4800609. 
  3.  , Wikidata Q97462870
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Australian Faunal Directory: Apostlethrips" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Apostlethrips. 
  5. "Factsheet - Apostlethrips". https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v4/thrips/tubulifera/key/key/australian_tubulifera/Media/Html/Entities/apostlethrips.htm. 

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