Aeolothripidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Thysanoptera
Subordo: Terebrantia

Familia: Aeolothripidae
Genera: Aduncothrips - Aeolothrips - Allelothrips - Ambaeolothrips – Andrewarthaia - Audiothrips - Corynothripoides - Cretothrips - Cycadothrips - Dactuliothrips - Desmidothrips - Desmothrips - Erythridothrips - Erythrothrips - Euceratothrips - Franklinothrips - Gelothrips - Indothrips - Lamprothrips - Liassothrips - Lithadothrips - Mymarothrips - Orothrips - Palaeothrips - Permothrips - Rhipidothripiella - Rhipidothripoides - Rhipidothrips - Stomatothrips - Streothrips - †Fusithrips
Name

Aeolothripidae Uzel, 1895
References

Minaei, K.; Haftbaradarn, F.; Khosravi, A.R. 2013: Occurrence of males among Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera), with description of the male of Aeolothrips afghanus. Zootaxa 3681(3): 286–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.8 Reference page.
Mound, L., Cavalleri, A., O'Donnell, C., Infante, F., Ortiz, A.S. & Goldarazena, A. 2016. Ambaeolothrips: a new genus of Neotropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera), with observations on the type-species from mango trees in Mexico. Zootaxa 4132(3): 413–421. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.3.9. Open access. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Shmakov, A.S. 2009: [The oldest members of the families Aeolothripidae and Thripidae (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia]. Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 43(4): 68–72. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 43(4): 428–432. DOI: 10.1134/S003103010904011X]

The Aeolothripidae are a family of thrips. They are particularly common in the holarctic region, although several occur in the drier parts of the subtropics, including dozens in Australia. Adults and larvae are usually found in flowers, but they pupate on the ground. While they normally prey on other arthropods, many feed also on flowers.[1]

Genus: Aeolothrips, which contains about half of all species in this family, mostly live on flowers, although a few species live at ground level as obligate predators of mites. Those that live on flowers are normally facultative predators. A. intermedius requires floral proteins in its diet in addition to its regular prey of thrips larvae to breed successfully.

Franklinothrips is a pantropical genus of ant-mimicking predators.
Genera

Aduncothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1963 (one species, A. asiaticus)
Aeolothrips Haliday, 1836 (95 species, holarctic)
Allelothrips Bagnall, 1932 (seven species)
Andrewarthaia Mound, 1967 (one species, A. kellyana)
Audiothrips Moulton, 1930 (two species)
Corynothripoides Bagnall, 1926 (1 species, C. marginipennis)
†Cretothrips Grimaldi, 2004 (one fossil species, C. antiquus)
Cycadothrips Mound, 1991 (three species)
Dactuliothrips Moulton, 1931 (six species)
Desmidothrips Mound, 1977 (two species)
Desmothrips Hood, 1915 (14 species, Australia)
Erythridothrips Mound & Marullo, 1993 (one species, E. cubilis)
Erythrothrips Moulton, 1911 (12 species, western North and South America)
Euceratothrips Hood, 1936 (one species, E. marginipennis)
Franklinothrips Back, 1912 (14 species, pantropical)
Gelothrips Bhatti, 1967 (three species)
Indothrips Bhatti, 1967 (one species, I. bhushani)
Lamprothrips Moulton, 1935 (one species, L. miltoni)
†Liassothrips Priesner, 1949 (one fossil species, L. crassipes)
†Lithadothrips Scudder, 1875 (one fossil species, L. vetustus)
Mymarothrips Bagnall, 1928 (three species)
Orothrips Moulton, 1907 (three species)
†Palaeothrips Scudder, 1875 (one fossil species, P. fossilis)
†Permothrips Martynov, 1935 (one fossil species, P. longipennis)
Rhipidothripiella Bagnall, 1932 (one species, R. turneri)
Rhipidothripoides Bagnall, 1923 (two species)
Rhipidothrips Uzel, 1895 (six species)
Stomatothrips Hood, 1912 (eight species)
Streothrips Bhatti, 1971 (two species)

References

Mound, L.A. (1977). A new genus of Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4:149-152. PDF[permanent dead link] (Desmidothrips)

Thrips of the World Checklist: Family Aeolothripidae