Liothrips (Liothrips) brevitubus
Nomenclatural details
Liothrips brevitubus Karny, 1912: 156.
Liothrips malloti var. flavicornis Moulton, 1928: 310.
Liothrips malloti Moulton, 1928: 308.
Rhynchothrips brevitubus Moulton, 1929: 19. Homonym.
Liothrips brevitubus Kono, 1964: 4. Homonym.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Java, Indonesia (L. brevitubus Karny),and the synonyms (L. malloti) and (var. flavicornis) from Taiwan. The two homonyms presumably represent two further species: R. brevitubus Moulton from Mexico, Mazatlan, and R. brevitubus Kono from USA, California.
References
Karny H (1912) Gallenbewohnende Thysanopteren aus Java. Marcellia 1: 115–169.
Moulton D (1928) New Thysanoptera from Formosa. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 18: 287–328.
Moulton D (1929) New Mexican Thysanoptera. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 6: 11–20.
Kono (1964) Thysanoptera Studies: Three new tubuliferous Thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) Volume 1 Issue 4 of Occasional papers, California Department of Agriculture.
Type information
Syntypes of L. brevitubus Karny, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
Holotype female (R. brevitubus Moulton), 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.