Tusothrips teinostomus

Nomenclatural details

Tusothrips teinostomus Okajima, 1990: 73.

Tusothrips atrichotus Reyes, 1994: 302.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Thailand (T. teinostomus) and Visayas, Philippines on Stachytarpheta sp. (T. atrichotus).

References

Okajima S (1990) Two thripine species collected on egg-plant in Thailand (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 45: 71–75.

Reyes C.P (1994) Thysanoptera (Hexapoda) of the Philippine Islands. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 42: 107–507.

Mound LA & Tree, DJ (2011) New records and four new species of Australian Thripidae (Thysanoptera) emphasise faunal relationships between northern Australia and Asia. Zootaxa 2764: 35–48.

Type information

Holotype (T. teinostomus), Tokyo University of Agriculture.

Holotype female (T. atrichotus), Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.