Urothrips reedi

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Prosternites - basantra and mesopraesternum reduced

Nomenclatural details

Biconothrips reedi Stannard, 1970: 121.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mulalley, New South Wales, Australia from mixed grasses. Fungus-feeding in leaf-litter.

References

Stannard LJ (1970) New genera and species of Urothripini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Proceedings of the Royal entomological Society of London (B) 39: 114-124.

Mound LA (1972) Species complexes and the generic classification of leaf-litter thrips of the Tribe Urothripini (Phlaeothripidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 83-103.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.