Mesothrips jordani
Nomenclatural details
Mesothrips jordani Zimmermann, 1900: 16.
Phloeothrips similis Bagnall, 1909: 533. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 137.
Mesothrips australiae Hood, 1918: 139. Synonymised by Mound & Minaei, 2007: 2965.
Mesothrips bianchii Ananthakrishnan, 1976: 191. Synonymised by Mound & Minaei, 2007: 2965.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Java (M. jordani) and Queensland, Australia (M. bianchii) on Ficus leaves, recorded from Japan on leaf roll galls of Ficus microcarpa (Okajima, 2006).
References
Zimmermann (1900) Ueber einige javanische Thysanoptera. Bulletin de l'Institut botanique de Buitenzorg 7: 6-19.
Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.
Ananthakrishnan TN (1976) Studies on Mesothrips (Thysanoptera: Tubulifera). Oriental Insects 10: 185–214.
Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Ent. Suppl. 11: 1-181.
Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co Ltd. pp. 1–720.
Mound LA & Minaei K (2007) Australian thrips of the Haplothrips lineage (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 41: 2919–2978.
Type information
Syntype (M. jordani), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
Holotype female (M. bianchii), Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.
Syntype female & male of jordani and of P. similis, The Natural History Museum, London.
