Elaphrothrips malayensis

Nomenclatural details

Dicaiothrips malayensis Bagnall, 1909: 525.

Dicaiothrips bruneitarsis Schmutz, 1913: 1070. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 182.

Dicaiothrips bruneitarsis levis Schmutz, 1913: 1072. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 182.

Elaphrothrips coronatus Bagnall, 1934: 631. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 182.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Isle of Nias, Sumatra (D. malayensis) and Sri Lanka (D. bruneitarsis, D. levis). Recorded from Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

References

Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122(7): 991–1089.

Bagnall RS (1934) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanopterous genus Elaphrothrips Buffa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)13: 627–636.

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 male in The Natural History Museum, London, also holotype female of coronatus; cotypes of brunneitarsis in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.