Dichromothrips spiranthidis

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips spiranthidis Bagnall, 1926: 104.

Dichromothrips maori Mound, 1976: 256.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Victoria, Australia on Spiranthis australis (P. spiranthidis) and Orewa, North Island, New Zealand on Microtis unifolia (D. maori).

References

Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 98–114.

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

Mound LA (1976) Thysanoptera of the genus Dichromothrips on Old World Orchidaceae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 8: 245–265.

Type information

Holotype female (D. maori), New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland.

Lectotype female (P. spiranthidis), The Natural History Museum, London.