Desmothrips broomei

Desmothrips broomei antenna

Desmothrips broomei pronotum

Desmothrips broomei meso- and metanotum

Nomenclatural details

Desmothrips broomei Pereyra & Mound, 2010: 316.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Western Australia, in flowers of Acacia eriopoda (Mimosaceae) and Trichodesma zeylanicum (Boraginaceae).

References

Pereyra V & Mound LA (2010) Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Desmothrips (Thysanoptera, Aeolothripidae), an Australian genus of facultative flower-living predators. Systematic Entomology 35: 306-317.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.