Stephanothrips leukos

Nomenclatural details

Baenothrips leukos Mound & Wells, 2023: 85.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Lord Howe Island, Australia from leaf litter.

References

Mound, L.A. & Wells, A. (2023) Endemism among Lord Howe Island Thysanoptera, with new species of Baenothrips (Phlaeothripidae) and Scirtothrips (Thripidae). Zootaxa 5228 (1): 081–091.

Mound LA, Lima EFB & O’Donnell CA (2023) What is a genus – interpreting structural diversity among species of urothripine Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 5319 (1): 091–102. DOI: org/10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.6

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra.