Macrophthalmothrips argus

Nomenclatural details

Ophthalmothrips argus Karny, 1920: 38.

Macrophthalmothrips hawaiiensis Moulton, 1928: 122.

Macrophthalmothrips pulchellus Hood, 1934: 84.

Macrophthalmothrips marginalis Girault, 1934: 2.

Described from Australia (O. argus, M. marginalis), Amani, Tanzania (M. pulchellus) and Hawaii USA (M. hawaiiensis).

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

Moulton D (1928) Thysanoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 7: 105–134.

Hood JD (1934) A new Macrophthalmothrips (Thysanoptera) from Tanganyika. Stylops 3: 84–87.

Mound LA (1972) Tropical fungus-feeding Thysanoptera of the genus Macrophthalmothrips. Journal of Entomology 41: 77–88.

Holotype (O. argus), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.

Holotype (M. pulchellus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (M. hawaiiensis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Lectotype (M. marginalis), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.