Copidothrips octarticulatus

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Copidothrips octarticulatus_Female head and pronotum [L A Mound]

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Copidothrips octarticulatus_Female meso and metanota [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Heliothrips (Parthenothrips) octarticulata Schmutz, 1913: 993.

Copidothrips formosus Hood, 1954: 190. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1990.

Mesostenothrips kraussi Stannard & Mitri, 1962: 211. Synonymised by Bhatti, 1990.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sri Lanka (H. octarticulata), Taiwan (C. formosus) and Gibert island, Kiribati (M. kraussi).

References

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

Hood JD (1954) Three new heliothripine Thysanoptera from Formosa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 56: 188–193.

Stannard LJ & Mitri TJ (1962) Preliminary studies on the Tryphactothrips complex in which Anisopilothrips, Mesostenothrips and Elixothrips are erected as new genera (Thripidae: Heliothripinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 88: 183–224.

Bhatti JS (1990) Catalogue of insects of the Order Tere­brantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) (4) 2: 205–352.

Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]

Type information

Holotype female (C. formosus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (M. kraussi), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.

Copidothrips Female

File:Copidothrips HdPro.jpg Copidothrips head and pronotum

File:Copidothrips MesMet.jpg Copidothrips meso- and metanotum

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