Carcinothrips tania

Nomenclatural details

Carcinothrips tania Mound & Morris, 1999: 13.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New South Wales, on Acacia stowardii.

References

Mound LA & Morris DC (1999) Carcinothrips: A genus of Acacia phyllode-glueing thrips with grossly enlarged fore legs (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 38 : 10–14.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.