Hoplothrips japonicus

Nomenclatural details

Dolerothrips japonicus Karny, 1913: 126.

Cryptothrips okamatoi Karny, 1913: 127.

Machatothrips ohtai Ishida, 1932: 9.

Described from Japan (C. okamatoi, D. japonicus, M. ohtai). Occurs on dead wood with fungi. Fungus-feeder (Okajima, 2006).

Karny H (1913) Thysanoptera von Japan. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79: 122–128.

Ishida M (1932) Fauna of the Thysanoptera in Japan. Insecta matsumurana 7 (1-2): 1–16.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Holotype (M. ohtai), University of Hokkaido.

Lectotype female (C. okamatoi), Humboldt University Museum, Berlin.

Lectotype female (D. japonicus), Humboldt University Museum, Berlin; paralectotype male & female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.