Subfamily Thripinae
Compiler and date details
May 2011 - L.A. Mound, CSIRO, Canberra
Laurence A. Mound, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; updated (2001) by Andrew A. Calder, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
Mound (2001) briefly summarised Australian representation and plant associations.
Excluded Taxa
Thripidae: Scolothrips sexmaculatus (Pergande, 1894), see Mound, L.A. 2011. Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), predators of leaf-feeding mites. Zootaxa 2797: 45-53 [Australian records are all misidentifications].
General References
Mound, L.A. 2002. Thrips and their host plants: new Australian records (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia). Australian Entomologist 29: 49-60