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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. Occurs in leaf galls (Okajima, 2006).
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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.  

Revision as of 18:20, 8 November 2013

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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.