Liothrips (Liothrips) mirabilis

Nomenclatural details

Gynaikothrips mirabilis Schmutz, 1913: 1041.

Gynaikothrips karnyi Bagnall, 1914: 28. Synonymy in Mound 2020, 389.

Biology and Distribution

Described from the botanical gardens, Peradenya, Sri Lanka on Pavetha hispida and in rolled leaf margins of pepper plant (L. mirabilis), from marginal leaf galls of Piper nigrum, same place (G. karnyi).

References

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 13: 22–31.

Mound LA (2020) Liothrips species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from leaf-galls on Piper species in Southeast Asia and Australia. Zootaxa 4830 (2): 383–391.

Type information

Holotype male unknown depositary male & female syntypes in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; Holotype of karnyi in The Natural History Museum, London.