Deplorothrips bassus

Deplorothrips bassus_Female head and pronotum [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Deplorothrips bassus Mound & Walker, 1986: 49.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Zealand, wide-spread on dead wood in native habitats (Mound & Walker, 1986).

References

Mound LA & Walker AK (1986) Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 10: 1–140.

Okajima S (1989) The genus Deplorothrips Mound & Walker (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from eastern Asia, with descriptions of six new species. Japanese Journal of Entomology 57: 241–256.

Type information

Holotype female, New Zealand Arthropod collection, Auckland.