Liothrips (Liothrips) brevitubus

Nomenclatural details

Liothrips brevitubus Karny, 1912: 156.

Rhynchothrips brevitubus Moulton, 1929: 19. Homonym.

Liothrips malloti var. flavicornis Moulton, 1928: 310.

Liothrips malloti Moulton, 1928: 308.

Liothrips brevitubus Kono, 1964: 4. Homonym.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mazatlan, Mexico deforming leaves (R. brevitubus), California USA (L. brevitubus Kono), Java, Indonesia (L. brevitubus Karny) and Taihoku, Taiwan (L. flavicornis) also on Mallotus sp. (L. malloti).

References

Kono (1964) Thysanoptera Studies: Three new tubuliferous Thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) Volume 1 Issue 4 of Occasional papers, California Department of Agriculture.

Moulton D (1929) New Mexican Thysanoptera. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 6: 11–20.

Moulton D (1928) New Thysanoptera from Formosa. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 18: 287–328.

Karny H (1912) Gallenbewohnende Thysanopteren aus Java. Marcellia 1: 115–169.

Type information

Holotype female (R. brevitubus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (L. flavicornis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (L. malloti), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.