Helionothrips spinosus

File:Spinosus HdMet.jpg Helionothrips spinosus head & thorax

File:Helionothrips spinosus Tergs.jpg Helionothrips spinosus tergites

File:Helionothrips Spinosus TergVIII.jpg Helionothrips spinosus tergite VIII

Nomenclatural details

Helionothrips spinosus Wilson, 1975: 139.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mt Nebo, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from Smilax australis, widespread in eastern Australia.

References

Wilson TH (1975) A monograph of the subfamily Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 23: 1–354.

Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.