Thysanoptera

Checklist of Alberta THYSANOPTERA (Thrips)
B. S. Heming. June 9, 2000

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Suborder Terebrantia
 
    Family Aeolothripidae
                Subfamily Aeolothripinae


Aeolothrips Haliday 
       A. auricestus Treherne 
       A. clarus Bailey 
       A. duvali Moulton 
       A. fasciatus (L.) 
       A. hartleyi Moulton 
       A. melaleucus Haliday 
       A. montanus Bailey 
       A. nasturtii Jones 
       A. oregonus Hood 
       A. terrestris Bailey 
       A. versicolor Uzel 
       A. vittipennis Hood 
     

        Family Thripidae
                Subfamily Panchaetothripinae

Heliothrips Haliday 
       H. haemorrhoidalis Bouche

Hercinothrips Bagnall 
       H. femoralis Reuter

Parthenothrips Uzel 
       P. dracaenae Heeger 
               
        Subfamily Thripinae

Anaphothrips Uzel 
       A. cameroni (Bagnall) 
       A. obscurus (Muller) 
       A. longipennis D. L. Crawford 
       A. sandersoni Stannard 
       Apterothrips Bagnall 
       A. secticornis (Trybom)
Aptinothrips Haliday 
       A. rufus (Haliday) 
       A. stylifer Trybom
Baliothrips Uzel 
       B. dispar (Haliday)

Belothrips Haliday 
       B. morio Reuter

Chaetanaphothrips Priesner 
       C. orchidii (Moulton)

Chilothrips Hood 
       C. pini Hood

Chirothrips Haliday 
       C. alexanderae Stannard 
       C. crenulatus Hood 
       C. cuneiceps Hood 
       C. falsus Priesner 
       C. hamatus Trybom 
       C. manicatus Haliday 
       C. patruelis Hood 
       C. simplex Hood 
       C. near molestus Priesner 
       C. near 
productus Hood
Ctenothrips Franklin 
       C. bridwelli Franklin

Frankliniella Karny 
       F. acheta Hood 
       F. fusca (Hinds) 
       F. nubila Treherne 
       F. occidentalis (Pergande) 
       F. tenuicornis (Uzel) 
       F. tritici (Fitch)

Limothrips Haliday 
       L. consimilis Priesner 
       L. denticornis Haliday

Mycterothrips Trybom 
       M. albus (Moulton) 
       M. betulae (J. C. Crawford) 
       M. near 
aureus (Moulton)

Odontothrips Amyot and Serville 
       O. biuncus John 
       O. loti (Haliday)

Oxythrips Uzel 
       O. near 
ajugae Uzel 
       O. sp. undescribed

Taeniothrips Amyot and Serville 
       T. orionis Treherne
Thrips Linnaeus 
       T. aurulentus Nakahara 
       T. fallaciosus Nakahara 
       T. funebris Bagnall 
       T. gracilis Moulton 
       T. intricatus Nakahara 
       T. monotropae Hood 
       T. nigropilosus Uzel 
       T. pini (Uzel) 
       T. sieversiae Hood 
       T. simplex (Morison 
       T. tabaci Lindeman 
       T. thalictri Hood 
       T. trehernei Priesner 
       T. vulgatissimus Haliday 
       T. winnemanae Hood

Tmetothrips Amyot and Serville 
       T. subapterus (Haliday)

Toxonothrips Moulton 
       T. gramineae Moulton 
    
        
        Subfamily Sericothripinae

Neohydatothrips John 
       N. apicalis Hood 
       N. beachae Hood

Sericothrips Haliday 
       S. cingulatus Hinds 
       S. near 
campestris Hood 
       S. near 
zebrae Hood

Suborder Tubulifera 
     
        Family Phlaeothripidae
                Subfamily Phlaeothripinae

Acanthothrips Uzel 
       A. nodicornis (O. M. Reuter)

Cephalothrips Uzel 
       C. monilicornis (O. M. Reuter)

Gynaikothrips Zimmerman 
       G. ficorum Marchal

Haplothrips Amyot and Serville 
       H. distalis Hood 
       H. halophilus Hood 
       H. kurdjumovi Karny 
       H. leucanthemi (Schrank) 
       H. statices (Haliday) 
       H. subtilissimus Haliday 
       H. verbasci (Osborn) 
       H. near 
aculeatus (Fabricius) 
       H. near 
cottei (Veuillet) 
       H. near 
minutus Uzel 
       H. near 
shacklefordae (Moulton) 
       H. near 
xanthocrepis Hood

Hoplandrothrips Hood 
       H. near 
mcateei Hood
Leptothrips Hood 
       L. near 
oribatus Hood 
       L. sp. undescribed
Liothrips Uzel 
       L. citricornis (Hood) 
       L. russelli (Hood)
Lispothrips O. M. Reuter 
       L. brevicrualis (Schull)
Lissothrips Hood 
       L. muscorum Hood
Stictothrips Hood 
       S. maculatus Hood
Undescribed Genus near 
Agrothrips Jacot-Guillarmod 
   
        
Subfamily Idolothripinae


Bolothrips Priesner 
       B. schafferi (Thomasson and Post)

Compsothrips Reuter 
       C. 
yosemitae Moulton 
       C. 
baileyi Hood 
       C. near 
jacksoni Hood 
       C. near 
tristis Cott

Cryptothrips Uzel 
       C. rectangularis Hood

Megalothrips Uzel 
       M. spinosus Hood

The known fauna of this order in Alberta consists of 106 species in 39 genera, six subfamilies and three families (of these, 16 species and one genus are undescribed; indicated by 'near' or 'undescribed')(see Heming (1985) for an earlier, annotated list with illustrations and comments on life history, host, area of origin, etc.). This compares with a known Canadian fauna of 185 species (143 described; 42 undescribed) in 58 genera and four families (Heming, 1979; Chiasson, 1986; Nakahara, 1994; the total fauna will probably be found to be at least 250 species in five families based upon species still unrecorded but known to occur in bordering states of the U. S.).

The known faunas of the world are 700 species for North America, 1000 for Latin America, 500 for Europe, 650 for India and 450 for Australia (Mound, 1997). The total number of species described for the world is about 5165 allocated to eight families as shown in the Table (Mound, 1997) but probably more than 8000 species (Gaston and Mound, 1993) exist based upon the rate at which new species are being described particularly from Australia, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

References

Chaisson, H. 1986. A Synopsis of the Thysanoptera (Thrips) of Canada. Macdonald College, McGill Univ. Lyman Entomol. Mus. Res. Lab. Mem. No. 17. 153 pp.

Gaston, K. J., and L. A. Mound. 1993. Taxonomy, hypothesis testing and the biodiversity crisis. Proc. Roy. Soc. , Lond. (B) 251: 139-142.

Heming, B. S. 1979. 36. Thysanoptera. Pp. 349-351. In H. V. Danks (ed.) Canada and its Insect Fauna. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Canada. No. 108.

Heming, B. S. 1985. Thrips (Thysanoptera) in Alberta. Agric. For. Bull. Univ. Alta. 8 (2): 19-24.

Mound, L. A. 1997. 6. Biological Diversity. Pp. 197-215. In T. Lewis (ed.). Thrips as Crop Pests. CAB International, Wallingford.

Nakahara, S. 1994. The genus Thrips Linnaeus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the New World. USDA. Agric. Res. Serv. Tech. Bull. No. 1822. 183 pp.