Phallothrips houstoni

Phallothrips houstoni_Female Macroptera

Phallothrips houstoni_small Female Aptera

Nomenclatural details

Phallothrips houstoni Mound & Crespi, 1992: 403.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Dalby, Queensland, Australia, in woody galls on Casuarina cristata. Also collected from New South Wales.

References

Mound LA & Crespi BJ (1992) The complex of phlaeothripine thrips (Insecta, Thysanoptera) in woody stem galls of Casuarina in Australia. Journal of Natural History 26: 395-406.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.