Sphingothrips trachypogon

Sphingothrips trachypogon [armatus holotype] head and pronotum [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Dolerothrips trachypogon Karny, 1923: 309.

Amphidoxothrips armatus Reyes, 1994: 352. Synonymised by Bhatti, 2004: 132.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mindero, Philippines (A. armatus) and Sumatra, Indonesia in leaf galls of Diospyros maritima (D. trachypogon).

References

Karny H (1923) Beitrage zur Malayischen Thysanopterenfauna. VI. Malayische Rindenthripse, gessammelt von Dr. N.A. Kemner. VII. Gallenbewohnende Thysanopteren von Celebes und den Inseln südlich davon, gesammelt von Herrn W. Doctors v. Leeuwen. VIII. Ueber die tiergeographischen Beziehungen der malayischen Thysanopteren. Treubia 3: 277-380.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1972) Further studies on Indian Gall Thrips. Marcellia [1971] 37(3): 111-127.

Reyes CP (1994) The Thysanoptera of The Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 42(2): 107-507.

Bhatti JS (2004) T.N.Ananthakrishnan’s taxa of Thysanoptera 1950 to 1980. Thysanoptera 2004: 85–181.

Type information

Holotype male (A. armatus), Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.

Syntype male (D. trachypogon), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.