Katothrips brunneicorpus

Nomenclatural details

Polyphemothrips brunneicorpus Girault, 1927: 3.

Katothrips duplex Mound, 1971: 413.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Queensland, recorded from New South Wales, South Australia and Australian Capital Territory. Host plants Ac. falciformis, Ac. longifolia, Ac. retinodes.

References

Girault AA (1927) Some new wild animals from Queensland. Published privately. Brisbane pp. 1–3.

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 25 : 387–466.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Type information

Holotype female (K. duplex), Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.

Holotype (P. brunneicorpus), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.