Terebrantia

Terebrantia
	Adult Franklinothrips vespiformis (Aeolothripidae), a widely distributed tropical species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Thysanoptera
Suborder:	Terebrantia; Haliday, 1836
Families
	Adiheterothripidae Aeolothripidae Fauriellidae † Hemithripidae Heterothripidae † Jezzinothripidae † Karataothripidae Melanthripidae Merothripidae † Scudderothripidae Stenurothripidae Thripidae † Triassothripidae Uzelothripidae

Terebrantia is a suborder of thrips (order Thysanoptera). Order Thysanoptera includes 5,500 species classified into two suborders distinguished by the ovipositor. Terebrantia have a well-developed conical ovipositor, while the Tubulifera do not.

Thysanoptera

Terebrantia

	Melanothripidae

	other Terebrantia

Tubulifera

Phlaeothripidae

References

^ An epitome of the British genera, in the Order Thysanoptera, with indications of a few of the species. AH Haliday, 1836

Mound, L.A., Nakahara, S. & Tsuda, D.M. 2016. Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of the Hawaiian Islands: an identification manual. ZooKeys 549, pages 71–126, doi:10.3897/zookeys.549.6889
Peñalver, E.; Nel, P. 2010: Hispanothrips from Early Cretaceous Spanish amber, a new genus of the resurrected family Stenurothripidae (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 46, pages 138–147. ISSN 0037-9271

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[1] An epitome of the British genera, in the Order Thysanoptera, with indications of a few of the species. AH Haliday, 1836

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