Ecacanthothrips tibialis

Nomenclatural details

Idolothrips tibialis Ashmead, 1905: 20.

Acanthothrips sanguineus Bagnall, 1908: 362.

Ecacanthothrips crassiceps Karny, 1913: 134.

Ormothrips steinskyi Schmutz, 1913: 1028.

Ecacanthothrips bryanti Bagnall, 1915: 320.

Ecacanthothrips coxalis Bagnall, 1915: 597.

Ecacanthothrips flavipes Bagnall, 1915: 597.

Ecacanthothrips io Girault, 1930: 1.

Ecacanthothrips coxalis consanguineus Priesner, 1930: 367.

Ecacanthothrips coxalis philippinensis Priesner, 1930: 368.

Ecacanthothrips obscurata Priesner, 1930: 370.

Ecacanthothrips tenuis Priesner, 1930: 371.

Ecacanthothrips matsumurai Ishida, 1934: 149.

Ecacanthothrips fletcheri Ramakrishna, 1934: 495.

Ecacanthothrips priesneri Hood, 1935: 196.

Ecacanthothrips coxalis formosensis Takahashi, 1936: 454.

Ecacanthothrips ramakrishnai Ananthakrishnan, 1952: 38.

Ecacanthothrips erythrinus Ananthakrishnan, 1956: 134.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Guinea (A. sanguineus, E. crassipes), Philippines (I. tibialis, E. philippinensis), Sri Lanka (O. steinskyi), Malaysia (E. bryanti, E. coxalis, E. flavipes), Indonesia (E. consanguineus), Australia (E. io), Tanzania (E. priesneri), Taiwan (E. matsumurai, E. formosensis) and India (E. fletcheri, E. ramakrihnai, E. erythrinus).

References

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 37: 153–215.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1952) A new species of Thrips - Ecacanthothrips ramakrishnai nov. (Thys. Tubulifera) from South India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences B35: 38–41.

Ramakrishna TV (1934) Notes on Indian Thysanoptera with descriptions of new species. Records of the Indian Museum 36: 491–498.

Ishida M (1934) Fauna of the Thysanoptera in Japan. Insecta matsumurana 8 (3): 147–151.

Girault AA (1930) New pests from Australia, VIII. Published privately, Brisbane pp. 1–5.

Priesner H (1930) Indomalayische Thysanopteren II Treubia 11: 357–371.

Bagnall RS (1915) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15: 588–597.

Bagnall RS (1915) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15: 315–324.

Karny H (1913) Beitrag zur Thysanopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea und Neu-Britannien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79: 123–136.

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new and curious Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) from Papua. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)1: 355–363.

Ashmead WH (1905) A new thrips from the Philippine Islands. Entomological News 16: 20.

Type information

Holotype female (I. tibialis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (A. sanguineus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (E. priesneri), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (E. fletcheri), Loyola College, Madras (?)

Holotype male (E. matsumurai), Hokkaido University.

Holotype male (E. formosensis), Department of Agricultural Research, Taiwan.

Holotype male (E. ramakrishnai), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

Holotype male (E. erythrinus), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

Holotype male (E. io), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Lectotype male (E. bryanti) The Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype male (E. coxalis) The Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype male (E. flavipes) The Natural History Museum, London.

Syntypes (E. consanguineus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Syntypes (E. philippinensis), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Syntypes (O. steinskyi), Natural History Museum, Wien.

Holotype (E. crassipes), lost?