<p> FRENCH POLYNESIA THRIPS CHECKLIST (note: these are names extracted from literature records) Species recorded from Moorea outlined in yellow. G.M. Nishida, Version 2008 September 22</p><p>ORDER Family Genus Austral Gambier Marquesas Society Tuamotu Outside French Polynesia THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae Apterygothrips fuscus (Moulton, 1939) Rapa Carientothrips biformis (Moulton, 1939) Rapa Tahiti Cryptothrips constans Moulton & Steinweden, 1933 SEE Nesothrips niger Ethirothrips angusticornis (Bagnall, 1924) Moorea, Fiji (Lakeba, Vanua Levu, Vanua Mbalavu, Viti Tahiti Levu); INDOMALAYAN: Sri Lanka stenomelas (Walker, 1859) Mangareva Hatutaa, S Marutea Fiji; Hawaiian Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Hivaoa D'Entrecasteaux Is, INDOMALAYAN: Seychelles; Sri Lanka Haplothrips aculeatus (Fabricius, 1803) Rapa PALEARCTIC: Austria gowdeyi (Franklin, 1908) Rapa Taravai Moorea, Caroline Is (Koror); Cook Is (Aitutaki); Easter I, Fiji Tahiti (Viti Levu); Hawaiian Is; Mariana Is (Guam, Saipan, Tinian), American Samoa (Tutuila), Western Samoa (Upolu); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Caledonia; INDOMALAYAN: Abyssinia , India, Taiwan; NEARCTIC: Mexico, southern USA; NEOTROPIC: Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, Central America; PALEARCTIC: Japan; Cosmopolitan zimmermani Moulton, 1939 Tahiti Fiji (Viti Levu) Hoplothrips flavitibia Moulton, 1928 Tubuai Tahiti Hawaiian Is (type locality) Mathetithrips megacephalus Moulton, 1939 Rapa Nesothrips niger (Moulton & Steinweden, 1932) Hivaoa, Uapou semiflavus (Moulton, 1939) Rapa sp. Tahiti Scolothrips pallidus (Beach, 1896) Tahiti NEARCTIC: USA (Iowa)</p><p>Thripidae Apterothrips secticornis (Trybom, 1896) Nukutavake NEARCTIC: USA (Oregon) Ayyaria chaetophora Karny, 1926 Tahiti INDOMALAYAN: India Dichromothrips corbetti (Priesner, 1936) Tahiti INDOMALAYAN: Malaya Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche, 1833) Rapa Caroline Is (Kosrae, Yap), Easter I, Fiji (Viti Levu); Mariana Is (Guam, Saipan); PALEARCTIC: Germany; Cosmopolitan Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard, 1901) Tahiti Caroline Is (Truk), Mariana Is (Guam, Saipan); NEOTROPIC: Guadeloupe Thrips aleuritis Moulton & Steinweden, 1933 Moorea, Tahiti compressicornis Sakimura, 1969 Hivaoa hawaiiensis (Morgan, 1913) Rapa Mangareva Tahiti Hao Fiji; Hawaiian Is (Oahu); Pitcairn (Henderson); INDOMALAYAN: Ryukyu Is palmi Karny, 1925 French Polynesia; Hawaiian Is; Mariana Is (Guam); INDOMALAYAN: Sumatra rapaensis (Moulton, 1939) Rapa report from Fiji is in error sp. French Polynesia</p>