Erythridothrips cubilis

Erythridothrips cubilis meso- and metanotum

Erythridothrips cubilis wing

Nomenclatural details

Erythridothrips cubilis Mound & Marullo, 1993: 287.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Lansdowne, New South Wales, Australia from Acradenia euodiiformis. Also found in Queensland, probably predatory in the canopy of trees.

References

Mound LA & Marullo R (1993) The Erythrothrips complex of tropical Aeolothripidae (Thysa­noptera) with a new Australian genus and a new South African species. Entomologica Scandinavica 24: 285–291.

Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.