Callococcithrips fuscipennis

Nomenclatural details

Rhynchothrips fuscipennis Moulton, 1968: 97.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Australian Capital Territory. The host plant Kunzea ericoides is widely spread in southeastern Australia.

References

Moulton D (1968) New Thysanoptera from Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 36: 93–124.

Mound LA & Wells A (2007) A new genus for an Australian thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) presumed predatory on a waxy eriococcid (Hemiptera, Coccoidea). Zootaxa 1645: 57–61.

Type information

Holotype female, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.