Genus Melanthrips Haliday, 1836

Classification: Kingdom  Animalia     Phylum  Arthropoda     Class  Insecta     Order  Thysanoptera     Family  Melanthripidae     Genus  Melanthrips    

Valid Children: acetosellae   affluens   arabs   areolatus   bagnalli   baileyi   concinnus   desertorum   digitus   faurei   ficalbii   fuscus   gratiosus   hispanicus   indicus   insulsus   knechteli   libycus   longisetis   maculipennis   matthiolae   morulus   nigricornis   pallidior   paspalevi   pelikani   rivnayi   separandus   setariae   sinaiticus   sudanensis   titschacki   tortus   trifasciatus   tristis  

General Details

Author	Haliday
Year of Publication	1836
Status	Valid Name
Rank	Genus

Available Names

Dichropterothrips Priesner, 1936 

General Details

Reference	Priesner H (1936). A preliminary review of the non-fossil species of the genus Melanthrips Hal. (Thysanoptera) . Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte. 20 : 29–52
Page	51
Status	Synonym = Melanthrips
Notes
Type Species	Melanthrips ficalbii Buffa 1907
Fixation Method	original designation

Melanthrips Haliday, 1836 

General Details

Reference	Haliday AH (1836). An epitome of the British genera in the Order Thysanoptera with indications of a few of the species . Entomological Magazine. 3 : 439–451
Page	450
Status	Genus
Notes
Type Species	M. obesa Haliday 1836
Fixation Method	monotypy

Orthomelanothrips Melis, 1931 

General Details

Reference
Page	134
Status	Synonym = Melanthrips
Notes
Type Species	not designated
Fixation Method	not designated

Plagiomelanthrips Melis, 1931 

General Details

Reference
Page	134
Status	Synonym = Melanthrips
Notes
Type Species	not designated
Fixation Method	not designated

Turkmenothrips Liskiewicz, 1961 

General Details

Reference
Page	335
Status	Synonym = Melanthrips
Notes
Type Species	M. (T. ) helenae Liskiewicz 1961
Fixation Method	monotypy

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