Selenothrips rubrocinctus
Nomenclatural details
Physopus rubrocincta Giard, 1901: 264.
Heliothrips (Selenothrips) decolor Karny, 1911: 179.
Heliothrips (Selenothrips) mendax Schmutz, 1913: 994.
Brachyurothrips indicus Bagnall, 1926: 98.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Guadeloupe (P. rubrocinctus), Sri Lanka (H. mendax), West Papua, Indonesia (H. dicolor) and India (B. indicus). Pantropical and subtropical distribution.
References
Giard A (1901) Sur un thrips (Physopus rubrocincta nov. sp.) nuisible au Cacaoyer. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 15: 263-265.
Karny H (1911) Revision der Gattung Heliothrips Haliday. Entomologische Rundschau 28 : 179–182.
Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.
Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 98–114.
Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 11: 1–181.
Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]
Type information
Neotype female (P. rubrocinctus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Original type material lost.
Lectotype female (B. indicus), The Natural History Museum, London.
