Ponticulothrips diospyrosi

Ponticulothrips diospyrosi_Female head and pronotum [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Ponticulothrips diospyrosi Haga & Okajima, 1983: 241.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Honshu, Japan on Diospyros kaki.

References

Haga K & Okajima S (1983) A new genus and species of Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) harmful to Persimmon from Japan. Annotationes zoologicae Japonensis 56: 241–245.

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.