Scirtothrips tenor

Nomenclatural details

Labiothrips tenor Bhatti & Mound, 1994: 163.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Guinea. Commonly found in Northern Territory, Australia on young leaves of Cycas armstrongi and Cycas revoluta.

References

Bhatti JS & Mound LA (1994) A new genus of Terebrantian Thysanoptera from New Guinea, related to Foliothrips and Cestrothrips (Thripidae). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 4: 161–176.

Hoddle M & Mound LA (2004) The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1–40.

Type information

Holotype, The Natural History Museum, London.