Uzelothrips scabrosus
Nomenclatural details
Uzelothrips scabrosus Hood, 1952: 143.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Belem, Para, Brazil. Apparently fungus feeding on dead twigs, this species has been recorded from Angola, Singapore and SE Queensland, Australia; one female from Sulawesi, Indonesia in BMNH.
References
Hood JD (1952) Brasilian Thysanoptera III. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 65: 141-174.
Mound LA, Heming BS & Palmer JM (1980) Phylogenetic relationships between the families of recent Thysanoptera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 69: 111-141.
Tree DJ (2009) Disjunct distribution of Uzelothripidae (Thysanoptera) new to Australia. Zootaxa 2009: 67-68.
Type material
Holotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; paratype females in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
