Terebrantia

Terebrantia

Terebrantia

Suborder of thrips

Terebrantia is a suborder of thrips (order Thysanoptera). Order Thysanoptera includes 5,500 species classified into two suborders distinguished by the ovipositor. Terebrantia have a well-developed conical ovipositor, while the Tubulifera do not. It contains 13 families, five of which are only known from fossils. Members of Terebrantia mainly feed on plants. All have two larval instars followed by two pupal instars.[2]

Thysanoptera
Terebrantia

Melanothripidae

other Terebrantia

Tubulifera

Phlaeothripidae

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    An epitome of the British genera, in the Order Thysanoptera, with indications of a few of the species. AH Haliday, 1836
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    "Terebrantia". Ozthrips Thysanoptera in Australia. OzThrips.
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  • Peñalver, E.; Nel, P. 2010: Hispanothrips from Early Cretaceous Spanish amber, a new genus of the resurrected family Stenurothripidae (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (n.s.), 46, pages 138–147. ISSN 0037-9271


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