Akainothrips

{{Short description|Genus of thrips}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Akainothrips

| authority = Mound, 1971

| type_species=Akainothrips citritarsus

| type_species_authority = (Girault, 1828)

}}

Akainothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist]. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. first described by Laurence Mound in 1971.{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: Akainothrips |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Akainothrips |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}{{cite Q|Q56010889|pages= 387-466 [395]}} The type species is Akainothrips citritarsus (Girault, 1828).

The 34 species of this genus are found only in Australia,{{Cite web |title=Factsheet - Akainothrips |url=https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v4/thrips/tubulifera/key/key/australian_tubulifera/Media/Html/Entities/akainothrips.htm |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=keys.lucidcentral.org}} in all mainland states and territories.

They live and breed in the galls created by other Phlaeothripinae species on the phyllodes of Acacia species.