Crespithrips

{{Short description|Genus of thrips}}

{{Taxobox

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Thysanoptera

| familia = Phlaeothripidae

| genus = Crespithrips

| genus_authority = Mound & Morris, 2000

}}

Crespithrips 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. which was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound and David C. Morris in 2000.{{cite Q|Q99669675|pages= 130-137 [132]}} The type species is Crespithrips enigmaticus.{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: Crespithrips |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Crespithrips |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}

Species of the genus are found in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.