From Linnaeus to 2024-a history of Thysanoptera taxonomic diversity studies.

The number of recognized Thysanoptera genera and species worldwide increased from one and four in 1758, to 36 and 135 in 1900, and almost 790 and 6500 in 2024. In this essay the work of the authors who have been particularly significant in this growth of knowledge about thrips diversity is discussed, decade by decade.

New synonymy among gall thrips of the Asian genus , with revision of species from China (Thysanoptera, Haplothripini).

Historical, nomenclatural, technical, and biological problems associated with the 42 species of are discussed. Type specimens have been re-examined of 14 of the 25 species that were described prior to 1930 and remain known only from imperfectly slide-mounted specimens. As a result, seven new synonyms are recognised.

Leaf-feeding species of the genus Liothrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae).

The 250 species of the second largest genus of Thysanoptera, Liothrips, are known as feeding mainly on green leaves, with many inducing galls or associated with galls. In China, 33 species are recognized including L. brevis sp.

The Oriental fungus-feeding genus Ananthakrishnan, 1964 from China with one new species and four new records (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae).

, a genus of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripinae , is easily recognized by the complex sculpture on the body surface. It is species-rich in the Oriental region, with 10 species here recognized from China, including and four new records. An illustrated key to the species from China is provided.