Megalurothrips typicus

Nomenclatural details

Megalurothrips typicus Bagnall, 1915: 590.

Megalurothrips setipennis Karny, 1925: 32.

Taeniothrips varicornis Moulton, 1928: 292.

Taeniothrips centrispinosus Priesner, 1938: 474.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sarawak, Malaysia (M. typicus), Sumatra, Indonesia (M. setipennis), Java, Indonesia (T. centrispinosus) and Taiwan from Persea gratissima (T. varicornis).

References

Bagnall RS (1915) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15: 588–597.

Karny H (1925) Die an Tabak auf Java und Sumatra angetroffenen Blasenfüsser. Bulletin van het deli Proefstation te Medan 23: 1–55.

Moulton D (1928) New Thysanoptera from Formosa. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 18:287-328.

Priesner H (1938) Materialen zu einer Revision der Taeniothrips-Arten (Thysanoptera) des indomalayischen Faunengebietes. Treubia 16: 469–526.

Type information

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

Holotype female (T. varicornis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Type material (M. setipennis), in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (T. centrispinosus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.