Katothrips

{{Short description|Genus of thrips}}

{{Taxobox

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Thysanoptera

| familia = Phlaeothripidae

| genus = Katothrips

| genus_authority = Mound, 1971

| type_species = Kladothrips tityrus

| type_species_authority = Girault, 1928

}}

Katothrips 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. It was first described by Laurence Alfred Mound in 1971.{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: Katothrips |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Katothrips |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}{{cite Q|Q56010889|pages= 387-466 [409].}} The type species is Kladothrips tityrus.

Species of this genus are found throughout all mainland states and territories of Australia, and they form galls on Acacias.