Koptothrips flavicornis

Nomenclatural details

Koptothrips flavicornis Bagnall, 1929: 197

Sphaericothrips clarapennis Moulton, 1968: 116

Biology and Distribution

Described from Victoria (Bagnall, 1929) and New South Wales (Moulton, 1968) on various Acacia species.

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.

Moulton D (1968) New Thysanoptera from Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 36 : 93–124.

Bagnall RS (1929) On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. Marcellia 25(1928): 184–204.

Type information

Holotype female (Bagnall), The natural History Museum, London.

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