Thrips coloratus

Nomenclatural details

Thrips colorata Schmutz, 1913: 1013.

Thrips japonicus Bagnall, 1914: 288.

Thrips melanurus Bagnall, 1926: 111.

Thrips aligherini Girault, 1927: 1.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sri Lanka (T. colorata), Japan (T. japonicus),India (T. melanurus) and Australia (T. aligherini).

References

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 813: 287–297.

Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 98–114.

Girault AA (1927) New Australian animals so far overlooked by outsiders. Published privately, Brisbane pp. 1–2.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 11: 1–181.

Palmer JM (1992) Thrips (Thysanoptera) from Pakistan to the Pacific: a review. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 61: 1–76.

Type information

Syntype (T. melanurus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype female (T. colorata), Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien. [Bhatti, 1983: 484]

Syntype (T. aligherini), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.