Thrips is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of thrips

Thrips

Thrips are tiny, slender insects with fringed wings . Other common names for thrips include thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, thunderblights, and corn lice...

.

Ecology

Species in the genus Thrips feed on pollen

Pollen

Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes . Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the...

, and can be major agricultural pests, with several being vectors of tospovirus

Tospovirus

The Tospoviruses are a genus of negative RNA virus found within the family Bunyaviridae. They are the sole group of plant infecting viruses in this family, as all other described members of the Bunyaviridae infect animals. The genus takes its name from the discovery of Tomato spotted wilt virus ...

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Etymology

The name Thrips comes from the Latin

Latin

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 word meaning woodworm

Woodboring beetle

The term woodboring beetle encompasses many species and families of beetles whose larval or adult forms eat and destroy wood . Larval stages of some are commonly known as woodworms.-Invasion and control:...

, itself borrowed from the Greek .

Diversity

Thrips is the largest genus of thrips, with over 280 species, most of which are found in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 and the Mediterranean Basin

Mediterranean Basin

In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation...

. Other species occur on each of the continents, including one species described from Antarctica. Thrips includes the species of thrips most frequently intercepted at ports of entry

Port of entry

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 into the United States

United States

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, T. tabaci.

The following species are recognised:

• Thrips abyssiniae
• Thrips acaciae
• Thrips addendus
• Thrips alatus
• Thrips albogilvus
• Thrips albopilosus
• Thrips aleuritis
• Thrips alius
• Thrips alliorum
• Thrips alni
• Thrips alysii
• Thrips andrewsi
• Thrips angusticeps
• Thrips annulata
• Thrips annulicornis
• Thrips antiaropsidis
• Thrips antiquus
• Thrips apicatus
• Thrips arizonensis
• Thrips arorai
• Thrips asparagi
• Thrips aspera
• Thrips aspinus
• Thrips assimilis
• Thrips atactus
• Thrips atratus
• Thrips aurantithoracis
• Thrips aureolariae
• Thrips aureus
• Thrips aurulentus
• Thrips austellus
• Thrips australis
• Thrips beharensis
• Thrips benseleri
• Thrips beta
• Thrips bianchii
• Thrips biunculatus
• Thrips bourbonensis
• Thrips brevialatus
• Thrips brevicornis
• Thrips brevipilosus
• Thrips brevisetosus
• Thrips brevistylus
• Thrips brunneus
• Thrips buxi
• Thrips calcaratus
• Thrips candidus
• Thrips cardui
• Thrips carthami
• Thrips cedri
• Thrips cereolus
• Thrips cerno
• Thrips chandni
• Thrips cinchonae
• Thrips coloratus
• Thrips compressicornis
• Thrips conferticornis
• Thrips conicus
• Thrips conocephali
• Thrips coprosmae
• Thrips corydali
• Thrips corymbiferarum
• Thrips crassicornis
• Thrips crawfordi
• Thrips cynorrhodi
• Thrips darwini
• Thrips decens
• Thrips dentatus
• Thrips diana
• Thrips difficilis
• Thrips dilatatus
• Thrips discolor
• Thrips disjunctus
• Thrips distinctus
• Thrips dorax
• Thrips dubius
• Thrips englerinae
• Thrips euphorbiae
• Thrips euphorbiicola
• Thrips evulgo
• Thrips excaeletus
• Thrips extensicornis
• Thrips facetus
• Thrips fallaciosus
• Thrips fascicornis
• Thrips fedorovi
• Thrips femoralis
• Thrips flavidulus
• Thrips flavus
• Thrips floreus
• Thrips floricola
• Thrips florum
• Thrips formosanus
• Thrips fraudulentus
• Thrips frosti
• Thrips fulmeki
• Thrips fulvipes
• Thrips fumosoides
• Thrips fumosus
• Thrips funebris
• Thrips fuscicornis
• Thrips fuscipennis
• Thrips gardeniae
• Thrips garuda
• Thrips gentluteae
• Thrips georgicus
• Thrips gossypii
• Thrips gowdeyi
• Thrips gracilis
• Thrips gracilis
• Thrips gramineae
• Thrips griseus
• Thrips grossulariae
• Thrips hanifahi
• Thrips hawaiiensis
• Thrips helianthi
• Thrips helvolvus
• Thrips heraclei
• Thrips herricki
• Thrips himalayanus
• Thrips hispidus
• Thrips hoddlei
• Thrips hoodi
• Thrips idahoensis
• Thrips imaginis
• Thrips impar
• Thrips incognitus
• Thrips inferus
• Thrips insignis
• Thrips intricatus
• Thrips iranicus
• Thrips italicus
• Thrips javanicus
• Thrips juniperinus
• Thrips kali
• Thrips klapaleki
• Thrips knoxi
• Thrips kodaikanalensis
• Thrips konoi
• Thrips kotoshoi
• Thrips kurahashii
• Thrips laevicollis
• Thrips latiareus
• Thrips latis
• Thrips leeuweni
• Thrips leptocerus
• Thrips levatus
• Thrips linariae
• Thrips linarius
• Thrips lini
• Thrips lividus
• Thrips lomatus
• Thrips longalatus
• Thrips longicaudatus
• Thrips longiceps
• Thrips maculicollis
• Thrips madroni
• Thrips magnus
• Thrips major
• Thrips malloti
• Thrips mancosetosus
• Thrips mareoticus
• Thrips martini
• Thrips medialis
• Thrips mediterraneus
• Thrips melastomae
• Thrips menyanthidis
• Thrips meridionalis
• Thrips meruensis
• Thrips microchaetus
• Thrips minutissimus
• Thrips mirus
• Thrips modicus
• Thrips monotropae
• Thrips montanus
• Thrips morindae
• Thrips mucidus
• Thrips nelsoni
• Thrips nigropilosus
• Thrips novocaledonensis
• Thrips obscuratus
• Thrips obscuripes
• Thrips ochracea
• Thrips oneillae
• Thrips orientalis
• Thrips origani
• Thrips oryzophagus
• Thrips pallicornis
• Thrips pallidicollis
• Thrips pallidulus
• Thrips pallisetis
• Thrips palmerae
• Thrips palmi
  Thrips palmi
  Thrips palmi is an insect from the Thrips genus .It is a primary vector of plant viruses. Also known as the melon thrips, T...
  
  
• Thrips paludosus
• Thrips palustris
• Thrips panousei
• Thrips paradoxa
• Thrips paramadroni
• Thrips parvispinus
• Thrips pauciporus
• Thrips pavettae
• Thrips pectinatus
• Thrips pectiniprivus
• Thrips pelikani
• Thrips pennatus
• Thrips persicae
• Thrips phormiicola
• Thrips physapus
• Thrips pillichi
• Thrips pini
• Thrips pistaciae
• Thrips porteri
• Thrips poultoni
• Thrips praetermissus
• Thrips pretiosus
• Thrips priesneri
• Thrips pruni
• Thrips pseudoflavus
• Thrips pusillus
• Thrips quadridentatus
• Thrips quilicii
• Thrips quinciensis
• Thrips ranunculi
• Thrips rapaensis
• Thrips reticulatus
• Thrips rhabdotus
• Thrips robustus
• Thrips roepkei
• Thrips rostratus
• Thrips rufescens
• Thrips rugicollis
• Thrips safrus
• Thrips sambuci
• Thrips samoaensis
• Thrips schliephakei
• Thrips scotti
• Thrips sensarmai
• Thrips seticollis
• Thrips setipennis
• Thrips setosus
• Thrips sierrensis
• Thrips sieversiae
• Thrips simplex
• Thrips simulator
• Thrips sinaiticus
• Thrips solari
• Thrips speratus
• Thrips spinosus
• Thrips stannardi
• Thrips subnudula
• Thrips sukki
• Thrips sumatrensis
• Thrips sylvanus
• Thrips tabaci
• Thrips tanicus
• Thrips taraxaci
• Thrips tarfayensis
• Thrips taurus
• Thrips tectus
• Thrips temperans
• Thrips tenebricosus
• Thrips tenellus
• Thrips thalictri
• Thrips timidus
• Thrips tomeus
• Thrips trehernei
• Thrips tripartitus
• Thrips tristis
• Thrips trybomi
• Thrips unispinus
• Thrips unonae
• Thrips urticae
• Thrips vackari
• Thrips validus
• Thrips variegatus
• Thrips varipes
• Thrips verbasci
• Thrips viminalis
• Thrips vitticornis
• Thrips vuilleti
• Thrips vulgatissimus
• Thrips wedeliae
• Thrips wellsae
• Thrips winnemanae
• Thrips xenos