Podothrips lucasseni

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips lucasseni Kruger, 1890: 105.

Kentronothrips hawaiiensis Moulton, 1928: 126. Synonymised by Girault, 1932:6.

Podothrips oryzae Priesner, 1938:72. Synonymised by Richie, 1974:273.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Java, on sugar cane (P. lucasseni), Hawaii USA (K. hawaiiensis) and Thailand (P. oryzae). Recorded from India (Sen, Pramanik & Sengupta, 1988).

References

Moulton D (1928) Thysanoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 7: 105–134.

Girault AA (1932) New pests from Australia, X. 6pp. [published privately]

Priesner H (1938) On the "Sugarcane Thrips" Podothrips lucasseni (Krüg.), and some allied species (Thysanoptera). Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 21: 68–81.

Ritchie JM (1974) A revision of the grass-living genus Podothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Journal of Entomology (B) 43: 261–282.

Sen S, Pramanik NK & Sengupta CK(1988) Thysanoptera fauna of North Eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous publication, Occasional paper no. 100: 1-123.

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

Syntypes of lucasseni also holotype of oryzae in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (K. hawaiiensis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.