Odontothripiella australis

Nomenclatural details

Odontothrips australis Bagnall, 1918: 204.

Odontothripiella gracilis Bagnall, 1929: 48.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Perth, Western Australia in red Papilionaceae flowers (O. australis) and Renmark, South Australia on sweet alyssum (O. gracilis).

References

Pitkin BR (1972) A revision of the Australian genus Odontothripiella Bagnall, with description of fourteen new species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 265–289.

Bagnall RS (1929) On the Australian Thysanoptera allied to the genus Odontothrips Uzel. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 65: 47–49.

Bagnall RS (1918) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera IX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)1: 201–221.

Type information

Holotype female (O. gracilis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype male (O. australis), The Natural history Museum, London.