Apelaunothripini

Head and pronotum of Apelaunothrips consimilis, from Mound (2013).

Belongs within: Phlaeothripidae.

The Apelaunothripini are a group of fungus-feeding thrips that have the maxillary stylets slightly broader than in other members of the subfamily Phlaeothripinae (though not as broad as in the Idolothripinae).

Characters (from Mound & Palmer 1983): Antennae long, slender, with eight segments. Maxillary guides stout, maxillary stylets relatively broad. Metathoracic sternopleural sutures absent. Males with B₂ setae on tergite nine short and stout.

<==Apelaunothripini [Apelaunothripina] MM96
    |--Stenocephalothrips Johansen 1982 MM96
    |    `--*S. zacualtipanensis Johansen 1982 MM96
    |--Dexiothrips Hartwig 1952 MP83
    |    |--*D. pensus Hartwig 1952 MP83
    |    `--D. madrasensis (Ananthakrishnan 1964) [=Malacothrips madrasensis] MP83
    `--Apelaunothrips Karny 1925 [incl. Baphothrips Priesner 1933] MP83
         |--*A. medioflavus (Karny 1925) [=Ophidothrips medioflavus] MP83
         |--A. armatus Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. bhowalii (Ananthakrishnan 1972) [=Stigmothrips bhowalii] MP83
         |--A. bicolor Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. consimilis (Ananthakrishnan 1969) [=Stigmothrips consimilis] MP83
         |--A. femoralis Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. gabonensis (Bournier 1970) [=Baphothrips gabonensis] MP83
         |--A. indicus (Ananthakrishnan 1968) [=Philothrips indicus] MP83
         |--A. japonicus Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. leios (Mound 1970) [=Baphothrips leios] MP83
         |--A. lieni Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. luridus Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. maculipennis (Okajima 1976) [=Stigmothrips maculipennis] MP83
         |--A. malayensis Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. montanus Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. nigripennis Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. ocularis Okajima 1979 MP83
         |--A. tasmani Mound 1974 MP83
         `--A. tricolor (Priesner 1933) [=*Baphothrips tricolor] MP83

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Mound, L. A. 2013. Species diversity in the Palaeotropical leaf-litter genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa 3741 (1): 181-193.

[MM96] Mound, L. A., & R. Marullo. 1996. The thrips of Central and South America: an introduction (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-487.

[MP83] Mound, L. A. & J. M. Palmer. 1983. The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Entomology series 46 (1): 1-174.