Terebrantia represent one of the suborders of Thysanoptera, and are predominantly
phytophagous, with a few predatory species and a single genus with ectoparasitic species on
Homoptera (Mound, 2005; Cavalleri et al., 2010). Approximately 2600 species in 335 genera are
recorded from the world (ThripsWiki, 2023). In India, nearly 350 species are recorded in 125
genera, five families viz. Aeolothripidae, Merothripidae, Melanthripidae, Stenurothripidae and
Thripidae and four subfamilies viz. Dendrothripinae, Panchaetothripinae, Sericothripinae and
Thripinae in family Thripidae (Tyagi and Kumar, 2016; Rachana and Varatharajan, 2017).
In this database, the diagnostic characters of suborder Terebrantia are depicted with illustrations
apart from an illustrative account of terminologies used in thrips classification. Fact sheets have
been arranged family wise with a short description of its identifying characters. Click on the
family name to view the factsheets of taxa under each family.
In this database, the diagnostic characters of suborder Terebrantia are depicted with illustrations
apart from an illustrative account of terminologies used in thrips classification. Fact sheets have
been arranged family wise with a short description of its identifying characters. Click on the
family name to view the factsheets of taxa under each family.
