Priesneriana uptoni

Nomenclatural details

Cryptothrips uptoni Mound, 1974: 44.

Biology and Distribution

Described from leaf litter on Norfolk Island, Australia; breeds in dead leafy branchlets of Araucaria heterophylla, the Norfolk Island Pine.

References

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

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 46: 1–174.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.