Craspedothrips minor

Craspedothrips minor-Female head and pronotum [L A Mound]

Craspedothrips minor-Female tergite VIII [L A Mound]

Craspedothrips minor-Female sternites IV-V [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips minor Bagnall, 1921: 393.

Physothrips thunbergiae Karny, 1923: 302. Synonymy in Bhatti, 1978.

Toxothrips ricinus Bhatti, 1967: 16. Synonymy in Bhatti, 1978.

Tsengothrips plumosa Chen, 1975: 107.

Biology and Distribution

Described from India (P, minor, T. ricinus), Java, Indonesia (P. thunbergiae) and Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan (T. plumosa).

References

Bagnall RS (1921) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 8: 393–400.

Karny H (1923) Beitrage zur Malayischen Thysanopterenfauna VI. Malayische Rindenthripse, gessammelt von Dr NA Kemner VII. Gallenbewohnende Thysanopteren von Celebes und den Inseln südlich davon, gesammelt von Herrn W Doctors v Leeuwen VIII. Ueber die tiergeographischen Beziehungen der malayischen Thysanopteren. Treubia 3: 277–380.

Bhatti JS (1967) Thysanoptera nova Indica. Published by the author, Delhi pp. 1–24.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 11: 1–181.

Bhatti JS (1978) A preliminary revision of Taeniothrips. Oriental Insects 12: 157-199.

Chen (1975) A new genus and species of Thripidae (Thysanoptera) from Taiwan. Bulletin Inst Zool Acad Sinica Volume: 14 (2) Pages: 107-109.

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.

Type information

Lectotype female of minor in The Natural History Museum, London. Lectotype female of thunbergiae and paratype females of ricinus in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.