Difference between revisions of "Androthrips ramachandrai"
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''Androthrips ramachandrai'' Karny, 1926: 226. | ''Androthrips ramachandrai'' Karny, 1926: 226. | ||
== Biology and Distribution == | == Biology and Distribution == | ||
| − | Described from India, recorded from Japan. | + | Described from India, recorded from Japan and the Americas. Predatory on immature stages of galling thrips, particularly on Gynaikothrips uzeli on Ficus benjamina leaf-galls (Melo et al., 2013). |
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== References == | == References == | ||
Karny H (1926) Studies on Indian Thysanoptera. ''Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India Entomology'' Series 9: 187–239. | Karny H (1926) Studies on Indian Thysanoptera. ''Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India Entomology'' Series 9: 187–239. | ||
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Nomenclatural details
Androthrips ramachandrai Karny, 1926: 226.
Biology and Distribution
Described from India, recorded from Japan and the Americas. Predatory on immature stages of galling thrips, particularly on Gynaikothrips uzeli on Ficus benjamina leaf-galls (Melo et al., 2013).
References
Karny H (1926) Studies on Indian Thysanoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India Entomology Series 9: 187–239.
Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan Volume 2 The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co Ltd pp. 1–720.
Boyd DW & Held DW (2006) Androthrips ramachandrai (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae): an introduced thrips in the United States. Florida Entomologist 89: 455-458.
Type information
Paratype male, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
