Corroboreethrips suspectus

Nomenclatural details

Corroboreethrips suspectus Mound & Moritz, 2000: 714.

Corroboreethrips zophus Mound & Moritz, 2000: 715.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New South Wales, Australia (C. suspectus) and Western Australia (C. zophus), recorded from Queensland. Associated with Acacia species, especially A. catenulata.

References

Mound LA & Moritz G (2000) Corroboreethrips; a new genus of minute apterous thrips (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from the bark of Australian Acacia trees. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14 : 709–716.

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.