Hoplothrips fungi

Nomenclatural details

Thrips fungi Zetterstedt, 1840: 312.

Phloeothrips pini Haliday, 1837: 145.

Biology and Distribution

Described from England (P. pini) and Lapland on fungi of '"Betula alba (Sweden or Norway). Recorded from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku). Occurs under bark of dead wood or on dead branches, fungus-feeder (Okajima, 2006).

References

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

Haliday AH (1837) Additional notes on the Order Thysanoptera. Entomological Magazine 4: 144–146.

Zetterstedt (1840) Insecta lapponica descripta. Lipsiae.

Type information

Unknown.