Scolothrips asura

Nomenclatural details

Scolothrips asura Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1931: 1035.

Scolothrips quadrinotata Han & Zhang, 1982: 53.

Biology and Distribution

Described from India (S. asura) and China (C. quadrinotata). Known from Ryukyu island, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and northern Australia.

References

Ramakrishna TV & Margabandhu V (1931) Notes on Indian Thysanoptera with brief descriptions of new species. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 34: 1025–1040.

Han YF & Zhang GX (1982) Descriptions of two new species of Scolothrips Hinds and an undescribed male of S. takahashii Priesner from China (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Zoological Research 3: 53–65.

Mound LA (2011) Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, predators of leaf-feeding mites. Zootaxa 2797: 45–53.

Type information

Holotype (S. quadrinotata), Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing.