Copidothrips octarticulatus

Copidothrips octarticulatus_Female [L A Mound]

Copidothrips octarticulatus_Female head and pronotum [L A Mound]

Copidothrips octarticulatus_Female meso and metanota [L A Mound]

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Copidothrips octarticulatus_Female tergite II [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Heliothrips (Parthenothrips) octarticulata Schmutz, 1913: 993.

Copidothrips formosus Hood, 1954: 190. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1990.

Mesostenothrips kraussi Stannard & Mitri, 1962: 211. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1990.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sri Lanka (H. octarticulata), Taiwan (C. formosus) and Gibert island, Kiribati (M. kraussi). Also seen from Seychelles, Thailand, and Northern Australia.

References

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.

Hood JD (1954) Three new heliothripine Thysanoptera from Formosa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 56: 188–193.

Stannard LJ & Mitri TJ (1962) Preliminary studies on the Tryphactothrips complex in which Anisopilothrips, Mesostenothrips and Elixothrips are erected as new genera (Thripidae: Heliothripinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 88: 183–224.

Bhatti JS (1990) Catalogue of insects of the Order Tere­brantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) (4) 2: 205–352.

Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]

Type information

Holotype female (C. formosus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (M. kraussi), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.