Leucothrips nigripennis
Nomenclatural details
Leucothrips nigripennis Reuter, 1905: 108.
Microthrips leucus Herrick, 1927: 278.
Sporangiothrips acuminatus Daniel, 1985: 195.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Finland (L. nigripennis), Michigan USA (M. leucus) and India (S. acuminatus). Widespread on young fronds of cultivated ferns, particularly Pteris cretica (Mound 1999). Recorded from fern in Honshu, Japan (Maumoto & Okajima, 2017).
References
Reuter (1905) 1904 Ein neues Warrnhaus·Thysanopteron. Meddelelser af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 30: 106-109.
Herrick GW (1927) Two new species of thrips (Thysanoptera). Entomological News 38: 276–287.
Daniel (1985) A new genus and species of fern infesting thrips (Thysanoptera: Insecta) with further notes on Myceterothrips nilgiriensis [Mycertothrips nilgiriensis] (Anan.). Current Science (Bangalore) 54(11): 528-530.
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.
Masumoto M & Okajima S (2017) Studies on Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Japan, with new records and one new species. Zootaxa 4362: 405-420.
Type information
Paratype (?) (L. nigripennis), Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki.
