Bamboosiella malabarica

Nomenclatural details

Xenothrips malabarica Ananthakrishnan, 1965: 53.

Xylaplothrips nefrens Ananthakrishnan, 1972: 442.

Xenothrips luteus Ananthakrishnan & Kudo, 1974: 119.

Biology and Distribution

Described from India, X. nefrens from Dehra Dun on dry twigs, X. malabarica and X. luteus from chalakudi on bamboo spindles and dry grass.

References

Ananthakrishnan TN (1965) Thysanopterologica Indica - III. Entomologisk Tidskrift 86: 49–63.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1972) Mycophagous Thysanoptera - V. Oriental Insects 6: 439–447.

Ananthakrishnan TN & Kudo I (1974) The species of the genus Xenothrips Ananthakrishnan (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Kontyu 42: 117–121.

Type information

Holotype female (X. nefrens), Loyola College Madras.

Syntypes of X. malabarica in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.