Kladothrips waterhousei

Nomenclatural details

Oncothrips waterhousei Mound & Crespi, 1995: 152.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Queensland, Australia. Recorded from Northern Territory, New South Wales and South Australia on various Acacia species.

References

Mound LA & Crespi BJ (1995) Biosystematics of two new gall-inducing thrips with soldiers (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from Acacia trees in Australia. Journal of Natural History 29: 147–157.

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

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.