Andrewarthaia kellyanus
Nomenclatural details
Rhipidothrips kellyanus Bagnall, 1924: 584.
Aeolothrips hyalinipennis Girault, 1930: 1. Synonymised by Mound, 1967: 49.
Rhipidothrips aureus Moulton, 1935: 98. Synonymised by Mound, 1972: 39.
Andrewarthaia minor Mound, 1967: 51. Synonymised by Mound, 1972: 39
Biology and Distribution
Usually predatory within flowers of Eucalyptus species.
References
Bagnall RS (1924) On a new species of Rhipidothrips (R. kellyanus n. sp.) from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)13: 584–585.
Girault AA (1930) New pests from Australia VII. Privately published, Brisbane. pp. 1–3.
Moulton D & Newman LJ (1935) Thrips census. New species of thrips from Southwestern Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 21: 93–100.
Mound LA (1967) A taxonomic revision of the Australian Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 20: 41–74.
Mound LA (1972) Further studies on Australian Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 37–54.
Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]
Type information
Holotype female (R. aureus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.
Holotype female (A. minor), Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.
Lectotype female (R. kellyanus), The Natural History Museum, London.
Syntype females (A. hyalinipennis), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
