Ecacanthothrips spinipes

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips spinipes Bagnall, 1908: 195.

Ormothrips inermis Buffa, 1909: 168.

Ecacanthothrips bagnalli Priesner, 1930: 364.

Ecacanthothrips guineaensis Moulton, 1947: 176.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Guinea (P. spinipes, O. inermis, E. guineaensis) and Kei Island, Malaysia (E. bagnalli). Recorded from Solomon Islands.

References

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.

Buffa (1909) I Tisanotteri esotici esistenti nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Redia 5: 157-172.

Priesner H (1930) Indomalayische Thysanopteren II. Treubia 11: 357–371.

Moulton D (1947) Thysanoptera from New Guinea, the Philippine Islands and the Malay Peninsular. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 23: 172–180.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978). Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 37: 153–215.

Type information

Holotype female (P. spinipes), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (E. guineaensis), California Academy of Science, San Francisco.

Holotype male (E. bagnalli), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.