Nesidiothrips alius

Nomenclatural details

Nesothrips alius Ananthakrishnan, 1970: 52.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Aryankavu, Quilon district, Kerala, India from dry twigs.

References

Ananthakrishnan TN (1970) On some species of Nesothrips Kirk., with notes on the influence of oedymerism and gynaecoidism in species of allied genera of Cryptothripini (Tubulifera; Thys.). Journal of the Zoological Society of India 22: 51–62.

Mound LA (1974) The Nesothrips complex of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 31: 109–188.

Type information

Holotype female, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi; paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.