Dolichothrips indicus

Nomenclatural details

Neoheegeria indica Hood, 1919: 96.

Dolichothrips pumilus Priesner, 1935: 362. Synonymised by Mound & Okajima, 2015: 90

Dolichothrips (Dolicholepta) rambhutanae Ananthakrishnan, 1960: 572. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 88.

Biology and Distribution

Described from India on shoots of Ailanthus excelsa; pumilus from Taiwan on Diospyros discolor

References

Hood JD (1919) On some new Thysanoptera from southern India. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 90–103.

Priesner H (1935) New or little-known oriental Thysanoptera. Philippine Journal of Science 57: 351–375.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1960) Thysanoptera from the Nilgiri and Kodaikanal Hills (south India). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57: 557–578.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.

Mound LA & Okajima S (2015) Taxonomic Studies on Dolichothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), pollinators of Macaranga trees in Southeast Asia (Euphorbiaceae). Zootaxa 3956 (1): 79-96.

Type information

Holotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; syntypes of pumilus in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.