Desmothrips steeleae

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Desmothrips steeleae antenna

Nomenclatural details

Desmothrips steeleae Mound, 1967: 66.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Roseville, New South Wales, Australia breeding in the flowers of Pultenaea species (Fabaceae).

References

Mound LA (1967) A taxonomic revision of the Australian Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 20: 41-74.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.

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Desmothrips steeleae meso- and metanotum
Desmothrip steeleae sternites V-VII