Stephanothrips ryukyuensis

Nomenclatural details

Baenothrips ryukyuensis Okajima, 1994: 517.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Occurs on grass tussocks of Miscanthus sinensis. Fungus-feeder.

References

Okajima S (1994) Habitats and distributions of the Japanese urothripine species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Japanese Journal of Entomology 62: 512–528.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

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, Tokyo University of Agriculture.