Macrothrips papuensis

Nomenclatural details

Macrothrips papuensis Bagnall, 1908: 359.

Macrothrips dubius Bagnall, 1908: 361. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 59.

Macrothrips intermedius Bagnall, 1908: 187.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Dorey, New Guinea from dead branches.

References

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new and curious Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) from Papua. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)1: 355–363.

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174.

Type information

Holotype male (M. papuensis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (M. dubius), The Natural History Museum, London.