Odontothripiella australis

Nomenclatural details

Odontothrips australis Bagnall, 1918: 204.

Odontothripiella gracilis Bagnall, 1929: 48.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Perth, Western Australia in red Papilionaceae flowers (O. australis) and Renmark, South Australia on sweet alyssum (O. gracilis).

References

Bagnall RS (1918) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera IX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)1: 201–221.

Bagnall RS (1929) On the Australian Thysanoptera allied to the genus Odontothrips Uzel. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 65: 47–49.

Pitkin BR (1972) A revision of the Australian genus Odontothripiella Bagnall, with description of fourteen new species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 265–289.

Type information

Holotype female (O. gracilis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype male (O. australis), The Natural history Museum, London.