Machatothrips biuncinatus

Nomenclatural details

Machatothrips biuncinatus Bagnall, 1908: 189.

Adiaphorothrips simplex Bagnall, 1909: 537. Synonymised by Mound, 1968.

Machatothrips montanus Priesner, 1932: 344. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Kalimantan, Indonesia (A. simplex), Papua New Guinea (M. biuncinatus) and Sarawak, Malaysia (M. montanus). Distributed between Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and New Guinea.

References

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.

Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.

Priesner H (1932) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine. 22(3): 320–344.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 37: 153–215.

Type information

Holotype female, (M. biuncinatus), The Natural History Museum London.

Lectotype male (A. simplex), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (M. montanus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.