Rhopalothripoides froggatti

Nomenclatural details

Froggattothrips acaciae Bagnall, 1929: 175.

Froggattothrips inconsequens Bagnall, 1929: 176.

Rhopalothripoides kellyanus Bagnall, 1929: 174.

Rhopalothrips brunneus Bagnall, 1916: 412.

Rhopalothrips froggatti Bagnall, 1916: 411.

Biology and Distribution

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

References

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.

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.

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

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.