Thrips novocaledonensis

Nomenclatural details

Taeniothrips novocaledonensis Bianchi, 1945: 270.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Noumea, New Caledonia from Rose, Mango, Nasurtium flowers and Lantana sp.; abundant in many flowers on Norfolk Island (Mound & Wells, 2015)

References

Bianchi FA (1945) Introduction to the Thysanoptera of New Caledonia. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 12: 249–278.

Mound LA & Wells A (2015) Endemics and adventives: Thysanoptera (Insecta) Biodiversity of Norfolk, a tiny Pacific Island. Zootaxa 3964 (2): 183–210.

Type information

Holotype female, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu; paratype male & female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.