Kladothrips intermedius

Nomenclatural details

Kladothrips intermedius Bagnall, 1929: 196.

Brithothrips fuscus Moulton, 1942: 8.

Oncothrips tepperi Karny, 1911: 568.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Victoria, Australia (K. intermedius) and South Australia (B. fuscus). Recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. Host plants Acacia oswaldii and Ac. sclerophylla.

References

Karny H (1911) Über Thrips-Gallen und Gallen-Thripse. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene Abteilung II 30: 556–572.

Bagnall RS (1929) On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. Marcellia 25(1928): 184–204.

Moulton D (1942) Seven new genera of Thysanoptera from Australia and New Zealand. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 41: 1–13.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Type information

Lectotype female (K. intermedius), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype (B. fuscus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Syntype (O. tepperi), Tha Natural History Museum, London.