Rhopalothripoides froggatti

Nomenclatural details

Rhopalothrips froggatti Bagnall, 1916: 411.

Rhopalothripoides kellyanus Bagnall, 1929: 174. Synonymised by Mound, 1971: 452.

Froggattothrips acaciae Bagnall, 1929: 175. Synonymised by Mound, 1971: 452.

Froggattothrips inconsequens Bagnall, 1929: 176. Synonymised by Mound, 1971: 452.

Rhopalothrips brunneus Bagnall, 1916: 412. Synonymised by Mound, 1971: 452.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New South Wales, Australia (R. froggatti, F. acaciae, F. inconsequens) and Victoria (R. brunneus, R. kellyanus), recorded from, Australian Capital Territory and Queensland on various Acacia species.

References

Bagnall RS (1916) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)17 : 397–412.

Bagnall RS (1929) On a group of minute Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) and their association with the so-called leaf-glands of Acacia. Transactions of the entomological Society of London 77 : 171–176.

Mound LA (1971) Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 25: 387-466.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Type information

Holotype male (R. froggatti), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (R. brunneus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (R. kellyanus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (F. acaciae), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (F. inconsequens), The Natural History Museum, London.