Crespithrips enigmaticus

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Crespithrips enigmaticus female head and pronotum

Nomenclatural details

Crespithrips enigmaticus Mound & Morris, 2000: 133.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Queensland from Acacia stowardii, recorded from Northern Territory and Western Australia from various Acacia species.

References

Mound LA & Morris DC (2000) Inquilines or kleptoparasites? New phlaeothripine Thysanoptera (Insecta) associated with domicile-building thrips on Acacia trees. Australian Journal of Entomology 39 : 130–137.


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.