Mecynothrips acanthus

Nomenclatural details

Kleothrips acanthus Hood, 1918: 77.

Acrothrips sorex Karny, 1920: 43 [serex vitio typographi; see Karny, 1923: 359]. Synonymised by Bagnall, 1932: 520.

Acrothrips gargantua Girault, 1926: 1. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 65.

Phoxothrips gigantea Girault, 1926: 4. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 65.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Northern Queensland, Australia.

References

Hood JD (1918) A new Kleothrips (Thysanoptera) from North Queensland. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 13: 77–79.

Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35–44.

Kaqrny H (1923) Beitrage zur Malayischen Thysanopterenfauna. VI. Malayische Rindenthripse, gessammelt von Dr. N.A. Kemner. VII. Gallenbewohnende Thysanopteren von Celebes und den Inseln südlich davon, gesammelt von Herrn W. Doctors v. Leeuwen. VIII. Ueber die tiergeographischen Beziehungen der malayischen Thysanopteren. Treubia 3: 277-380.

Girault AA (1926) New pests from Australia V. Published privately, Brisbane. 4 pp.

Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplement 27: 1-106.

Type information

Holotype male (K. acanthus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Lectotype male (A. serex), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Syntypes (A. gargantua, P. gigantea), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.