Stephanothrips moundi

[Desley Tree]

Baenothrips moundi_Female head and pronotum

Nomenclatural details

Transithrips moundi Stannard, 1970: 121.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia on Paspalidium sp.

References

Stannard LJ (1970) New genera and species of Urothripini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 39: 114–124.

Mound LA (1972) Species complexes and the generic classification of leaf-litter thrips of the Tribe Urothripini (Phlaeothripidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 83-103.

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, Canberra.