Choleothrips geijerae

Choleothrips geijerae Head, pronotum & fore leg

Choleothrips geijerae Prosternites of female

Nomenclatural details

Choleothrips geijerae Moulton 1927: 155.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, in leaf galls on Geijera parviflora (Rutaceae).

References

Moulton D (1927) New gall-forming Thysanoptera of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of NSW 52: 153–160.

Mound LA (1971) The complex of Thysanoptera in rolled leaf galls on Geijera. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10: 83-97.

Type information

Holotype female, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.