Bactrothrips pictipes

Nomenclatural details

Bactrothrips pictipes Haga & Okajima, 1989: 15.

Bactrothrips brevitubus zhamanus Han & Zhang, 1981: 298. Synonymised by Dang & Qiao, 2012: 58.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Japan, on dead leaves. Recorded from Taiwan.

References

Haga K & Okajima S (1989) A taxonomic study of the genus Bactrothrips Karny (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the Sugadaira Montane Research Centre, University of Tsukuba 10: 1-23.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Dang LH & Qiao GX (2012) The genus Bactrothrips in China (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae): morphological and molecular data, and a key with two new species. Zootaxa 3449: 47-61.

Type information

Holotype male, Tokyo University of Agriculture.