Cycadothrips chadwicki

Cycadothrips chadwicki head and pronotum

Cycadothrips chadwicki meso and metanotum

Nomenclatural details

Cycadothrips chadwicki Mound, 1991: 650.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Noraville, New South Wales, Australia breeding in male cones of Macrozamia species (Cycadaceae).

References

Mound LA (1991) The first thrips species (Insecta, Thysanoptera) from cycad male cones, and its family level significance. Journal of Natural History 25: 647–652.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.