View source for Dichromothrips smithi

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== Nomenclatural details ==
''Physopus smithi'' Zimmermann, 1900: 10.
== Biology and Distribution ==
Described from Java. Associated with Orchidaceae, and known as a pest of Vanilla crops in India, but recorded from Malaysia, Solomon islands, Taiwan, and Tokyo, Japan. 
== References ==
Zimmermann, A (1900) Über einige javanische Thysanopteren. ''Bulletin de l’Insitut Botanique de Buitenzorg'' Java 7: 6–19.

Mound LA (1976) Thysanoptera of the genus ''Dichromothrips'' on Old World Orchidaceae. ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 8: 245–265.

Okajima S (1999) On four ''Dichromothrips'' species (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) collected from one population of Arundina sp. (Orchidaceae) in Sabah, Borneo. ''Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology'' 5: 145–152.

== Type information ==
Unknown.

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