Erotidothrips mirabilis

Nomenclatural details

Erotidothrips mirabilis Priesner, 1939: 157

Biology and Distribution

Collected from dead twigs and branches, and presumably fungus feeding, this species was described from the Congo, but has been recorded from Ivory Coast, India, Singapore, northern Australia, and Samoa.

References

Priesner H (1939) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo (6. Beitrag). Revue Zoologie et Botanique africaine 32: 154-175.

Mound LA & O'Neill K (1974) Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 8: 481-509.

Type Information

Holotype, female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.