Asemothrips fallax

Nomenclatural details

Coenothrips fallax Bagnall, 1924: 629.

Cryptothrips rhopaloides Karny, 1924: 31. Synonymy in Mound, 1974: 49.

Cryptothrips froudei Girault, 1927: 1. Synonymy in Mound, 1974: 49.

Cryptothrips silvae Girault, 1927: 1. Synonymy in Mound, 1974: 49.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Victoria, Australia on flowers of Erythraea australis (C. fallax) and Queensland, Australia (C. rhopaloides, C. froudei, C. silvae).

References

Bagnall RS (1924) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. XIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)14: 625–640.

Karny H (1924) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913 38 Thysanoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi. (2) 17A: 1–56.

Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 1–106. Girault AA (1927) A discourse on wild animals. Published privately, Brisbane pp. 1–2.

Type information

Holotype female (C. fallax), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (C. rhopaloides), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.

Holotype female (C. silvae), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Holotype (C. froudei), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.