Family
Phlaeothripidae (Tube-tailed thrips)
Liothrips ilex. Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Phlaeothripidae is a family of thrips with hundreds of genera. The name sometimes is misspelt “Phaleothripidae”. They are the only family of the suborder Tubulifera, and are themselves ordered into two subfamilies, the Idolothripinae with 80 genera, and the Phlaeothripinae with almost 400. Some 3,400 species are recognised in this family, and many are fungivores living in the tropics.
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