Teuchothrips flavitibia

Nomenclatural details

Austrothrips flavitibia Moulton, 1940: 261.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Koitaki, New Guinea in galls on a creeper.

References

Moulton D (1940) Thysanoptera from New Guinea and New Britain. Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum. 15: 243–270.

Mound LA (2020) Taxonomic confusion among gall-thrips and host-plants, with three new combinations from the genus Austrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Zootaxa 4755 (3): 587-592.

Type information

Holotype female, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.