Australothrips bicolor
Nomenclatural details
Australothrips bicolor Bagnall, 1916: 215.
Pterothrips quadratus Hood, 1918: 123.
Ceratothrips rufiventris Girault, 1926: 1.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Australia, A. bicolor from Victoria from Eucalyptus viminalis, P. quadratus and C. rufiventris from Queensland.
References
Bagnall RS (1916) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)17 : 213–223.
Hood JD (1918) New genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 121–150.
Girault AA (1926) New pests from Australia III. Published privately, Brisbane. 2 pp.
Marullo R & Mound LA (1997) A second species of the genus Australothrips (Thysanoptera). Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 221–224.
Type information
Syntype (A. bicolor), The Natural History Museum, London.
Holotype female (P. quadratus), United States National Museum.
