Allothrips indicus

Nomenclatural details

Allothrips indicus Ananthakrishnan, 1958: 277.

Allothrips pillichellus indicus (Ananthakrishnan); Mound 1972: 36.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Madras, India inside dead twigs of Thevetia neriifolia.

References

Ananthakrishnan TN (1958) Two new species of Tubuliferous Thysanoptera from India. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 60: 277–280.

Mound LA (1972) Polytypic species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genus Allothrips Hood (Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 23-36.

Type information

Holotype female, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.