Ensiferothrips primus

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Ensiferothrips primus pronotum

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Ensiferothrips primus wing

Nomenclatural details

Ensiferothrips primus Bianchi, 1945: 266.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Noumea, New Caledonia from a flowering tree.

References

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

Mound LA (1999) Saltatorial leaf-feeding Thysanoptera (Thripidae, Dendrothripinae) in Australia and New Caledonia, with newly recorded pests of ferns, figs and mulberries. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 257–273.

Type information

Holotype female, unknown depositary.