Katothrips brunneicorpus

Nomenclatural details

Katothrips duplex Mound, 1971: 413.

Polyphemothrips brunneicorpus Girault, 1927: 3.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Queensland, recorded from New South Wales, South Australia and Australian Capital Territory. host plants Ac. falciformis, Ac. longifolia, Ac. retinodes.

References

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 25 : 387–466.

Girault AA (1927) Some new wild animals from Queensland. Published privately. Brisbane pp. 1–3.

Type information

Holotype female(K. duplex), Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.

Holotype (P. brunneicorpus), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.