Dolichothrips indicus
Nomenclatural details
Neoheegeria indica Hood, 1919: 96.
Dolichothrips pumilus Priesner, 1935: 362. Synonymised by Mound & Okajima, 2015: 90
Dolichothrips (Dolicholepta) rambhutanae Ananthakrishnan, 1960: 572. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 88.
Dolichothrips nesius Stannard, 1961: 457. Synonymised by Mound & Okajima, 2015: 90
Biology and Distribution
Described from India on shoots of Ailanthus excelsa; pumilus from Taiwan on Diospyros discolor; nesius from Guam on young leaves of Melastoma marianum, and from Sri Lanka on Melastoma malabathricum.
References
Hood JD (1919) On some new Thysanoptera from southern India. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 90–103.
Priesner H (1935) New or little-known oriental Thysanoptera. Philippine Journal of Science 57: 351–375.
Ananthakrishnan TN (1960) Thysanoptera from the Nilgiri and Kodaikanal Hills (south India). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57: 557–578.
Stannard (1961) A new species of Dolichothrips s.str. from Guam and Ceylon (Tubulifera: Phlaeothripidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 457-459.
Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.
Mound LA & Okajima S (2015) Taxonomic Studies on Dolichothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), pollinators of Macaranga trees in Southeast Asia (Euphorbiaceae). Zootaxa 3956 (1): 79-96.
Type information
Holotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; syntypes of pumilus in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; holotype females of nesius in Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.
