Koptothrips flavicornis

Nomenclatural details

Koptothrips flavicornis Bagnall, 1929: 197

Sphaericothrips clarapennis Moulton, 1968: 116. Synonymised by Mound, 1971: 429.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Victoria, Australia (K. flavicornis) and New South Wales (S, clarapennis) on various Acacia species.

References

Bagnall RS (1929) On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. Marcellia 25(1928): 184–204.

Moulton D (1968) New Thysanoptera from Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 36 : 93–124.

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 25: 387-466.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Type information

Holotype female (K. flavicornis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (S. flavipennis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.