Ethirothrips acanthus

Nomenclatural details

Cryptothrips acanthus Hood, 1919: 88.

Cryptothrips sjostedti Karny, 1926: 42. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Adiaphorothrips sismondini Girault, 1926: 1. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Adiaphorothrips nox Girault, 1928: 2. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Adiaphorothrips differens Priesner, 1928: 656. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Biology and Distribution

Described from eastern Australia.

References

Hood JD (1919) Two new genera and thirteen new species of Australian Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 32: 75–92.

Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35–44.

Girault AA (1926) New pests from Australia V. Published privately, Brisbane. 2 pp.

Girault AA (1928) A prodigeous discourse on wild animals. Published privately, Brisbane. pp. 1–3.

Priesner H (1928) Über australische Thysanopteren. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 137: 643–659.

Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 1–106.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174.

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Type information

Holotype female (C. acanthus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype females (A. sismondini and A. nox), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Holotype female (A. differens), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.