Pseudodendrothrips gillespiei

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Pseudodendrothrips gillespiei head

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Pseudodendrothrips gillespiei pronotum

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Pseudodendrothrips gillespiei tergites

Nomenclatural details

Pseudodendrothrips gillespiei Mound, 1999: 272.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Lord Howe island, Australia from grasses and Alyxia ruscifolia leaves.

References

Mound LA (1999) Saltatorial leaf-feeding Thysanoptera (Thripidae, Dendrothripinae) in Australia and New Caledonia, with newly recorded pests of ferns, figs and mulberries. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 257–273.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.