Plectrothrips orientalis

Nomenclatural details

Plectrothrips orientalis Okajima, 1981: 327.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Macritchie park, Singapore from dead branches. Fungus-feeder. Recorded from Japan, Philippines, New Zealand and West Malaysia.

References

Okajima S (1981) A revision of the tribe Plectrothripini of fungus-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Phlaeothripinae). Systematic Entomology 6: 291–336.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Type information

Holotype female, Tokyo University of Agriculture.