Pygothrips brevis

Nomenclatural details

Pygothrips breviceps Okajima, 1990: 91. [nec Pygothrips breviceps Hood, 1934] Pygothrips brevis Okajima, 2006: 147. replacement name.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Japan, Izu Islands, also Ryukyu Islands, on dead branches.

References

Okajima S (1990) The Old World species of Pygothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Systematic Entomology 15: 87–99.

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

Type information

Holotype, female in Tokyo University of Agriculture.