Leeuwenia

Genus information

Leeuwenia Karny, 1912: 161. Type species Leeuwenia gladiatrix Karny, 1912, by monotypy.

Hoodiella Karny, 1923: 371. Type species Leeuwenia convergens Hood 1918, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound, 2004: 30.

Hystricothripoides Fulmek, 1924: 9. Type species Hystricothripoides karnyi Fulmek, 1924, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound, 2004: 30.

Mametiella Priesner, 1949: 112. Type species Mametiella ardisiae Priesner, 1949, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound, 2004: 30.

Takahashia Ananthakrishnan, 1970: 48. Type species Leeuwenia pugnatrix Priesner 1935, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound, 2004: 30.

Varshneyia Ananthakrishnan, 1973: 48. Replacement name for Takahashia Ananthakrishnan nec Takahashia Cockerell (Homoptera).

Biology and Distribution

Mostly Oriental species associated with Myrtaceae and Myrsinaceae.

References

Karny H (1912) Gallenbewohnende Thysanopteren aus Java. Marcellia 11: 115–169.

Karny H (1923) Beitrage zur Malayischen Thysanopterenfauna. VI. Malayische Rindenthripse, gessammelt von Dr. N.A. Kemner. VII. Gallenbewohnende Thysanopteren von Celebes und den Inseln südlich davon, gesammelt von Herrn W. Doctors v. Leeuwen. VIII. Ueber die tiergeographischen Beziehungen der malayischen Thysanopteren. Treubia 3: 277–380.

Fulmek L (1924) Eine neue hystricothripide auf Eugenia sp. in Sumatra.Treubia 6: 8–11.

Priesner H (1949) Genera Thysanopterorum. Keys for the identification of the genera of the order Thysanoptera. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 33: 31–157.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1970) Studies on the genus Leeuwenia Karny. Oriental Insects 4: 47–58.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1973) Two homonyms in Thysanoptera. Oriental Insects 7: 48.

Mound LA (2004) Australian long-tailed gall thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae, Leeuweniini), with comments on related Old World taxa. Australian Journal of Entomology 43: 36-45.