Mecynothrips hardyi

Nomenclatural details

Kleothrips hardyi Priesner, 1928: 657.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Brisbane Botanical gardens, Queensland, Australia, living on dead leaves of Acacia harpophylla (Tree et al. 2010).

References

Priesner H (1928) Über australische Thysanopteren. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 137: 643–659.

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.

Tree DJ, Mound LA & Walter GH (2010) Fungal spore-feeding by adult and larval Mecynothrips hardyi (Priesner) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Journal of Natural History 44: 307-316.

Type information

Holotype female, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.