Heligmothrips erinaceus

Nomenclatural details

Trichothrips erinaceus Karny, 1920: 41.

Teuchothrips fuscipennis Moulton, 1968: 100. Synonymised by Mound, 1970: 455.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Australia on Casuarina cunninghamiana.

References

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

Moulton D (1968) New Thysanoptera from Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 36: 93–124.

Mound LA (1970) Convoluted maxillary stylets and the systematics of some Phlaeothripine Thysanoptera from Casuarina trees in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 439-463.

Type information

Holotype (T. erinaceus), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.

Holotype female (T. fuscipennis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.