Ocnothrips cochinchinensis

Nomenclatural details

Austrothrips cochinchinensis Karny, 1922: 113.

Ocnothrips indicus Ananthakrishnan, 1969: 188. Synonymised by Mound, 2020: 588.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Ban Klang Tahu, Thailand in leaf galls of Hymenodictyon parviflorum; O. indicus Described from Thekkady, India in galls of Piper sp.

References

Karny H (1922) Thysanoptera from Siam and Indo-China. Journal of the Siam Society 16: 91–153.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1969) New gall thrips from India (Ins. Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 50: 179–194.

Mound LA (2020) Taxonomic confusion among gall-thrips and host-plants, with three new combinations from the genus Austrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Zootaxa 4755 (3): 587-592.

Type information

Syntypes, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; holotype male of O. indicus in Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi.