Ethirothrips stenomelas
Nomenclatural details
Phloeothrips stenomelas Walker, 1859: 224.
Diceratothrips brevicornis Bagnall, 1910: 696. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Ischyrothrips niger Schmutz, 1913: 1080. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Liothrips gigas Karny 1913: 133. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Liothrips thomasseti Bagnall, 1921: 288. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Liothrips nigricornis Bagnall, 1921: 278. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Liothrips intrepidus Bagnall, 1921: 279. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Mesothrips setidens Moulton, 1928: 129. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Cryptothrips niger Moulton & Steinweden, 1935: 165. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Ethirothrips madagascariensis Bagnall, 1936: 222. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Sri Lanka, but widely distributed in tropical countries.
References
Walker F (1859) Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 4: 217-224.
Bagnall RS (1910) Thysanoptera. pp. 669–701 in Fauna hawaiiensis. London: Cambridge University Press. Vol.3.
Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089.
Karny H (1913) Beitrag zur Thysanopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea und Neu-Britannien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79: 123–136.
Bagnall RS (1921) On Thysanoptera from the Seychelles Islands and Rodrigues. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 7: 257–293.
Moulton D (1928) Thysanoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 7: 105–134.
Moulton D & Steinweden JB (1935) Two new species of Cryptothrips from the Marquesas. Pacific entomological Survey 7/11: 163–165.
Bagnall RS (1936) Descriptions of some new Thysanoptera from tropical Africa and Madagascar. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie 3: 219–230.
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. See also: [1]
Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.
Okajima S & Masumoto M (2023) Six genera of the subtribe Macrothripina from Southeast Asia to Taiwan (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae). Zootaxa 5291 (1): 001–074.
Type information
Holotype females (P. stenomelas, L. intrepidus), The Natural History Museum, London.
Lectotype females (L. thomasseti and L. nigricornis), The Natural History Museum, London.
Holotype females (M. setidens and C. niger), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.
Holotype female of (L. gigas), Humboldt University Museum, Berlin
Syntypes (I. niger), Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.
