Aduncothrips walkerae

Nomenclatural details

Desmidothrips walkerae Mound, 1977: 151.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Zealand, widespread, possibly predatory within the flowers of Hebe species (Mound & Walker, 1982: 40).

References

Mound LA (1977) A new genus of Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) from New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4: 149–152.

Mound LA & Walker AK (1982) Terebrantia (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 1: 1–113.

Li Y, Elie N, Liu H & Zhang H (2022) Aduncothrips newly recorded from China, with three new species and a new generic synonym (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 5141: 49–59.

Type information

Holotype female, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland.