Ethirothrips obscurus
Nomenclatural details
Ischyrothrips obscurus Schmutz, 1913: 1074.
Mesothrips karnyi Bagnall, 1924: 639. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Dichaetothrips fungivorus Priesner, 1939: 52. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Neosmerinthothrips gloveri Ramakrishna & Margabandhu, 1939: 31. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Dichaetothrips neivei Hood, 1940: 576. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Dichaetothrips indicus Ananthakrishnan, 1961: 270. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.
Diceratothrips usitatus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1970: 273. Replacement name for indicus Ananthakrishnan nec indicus Bagnall.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Sri Lanka, with synonyms from India, Congo and Cuba.
References
Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122(7): 991–1089.
Bagnall RS (1924) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)14: 625–640.
Priesner H (1939) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo (5. Beitrag). Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 33: 49–66.
Ramakrishna TV & Margabandhu V (1939) Notes on new and known Indian Thysanoptera. Records of the Indian Museum 41: 21–33.
Hood JD (1940) A century of new American Thysanoptera I. Revista de Entomologia 11: 540–583.
Ananthakrishnan TN (1961) Studies on some Indian Thysanoptera VI. Zoologischer Anzieger 167: 259–271.
Ananthakrishnan TN & Jagadish A (1970) The Species of Diceratothrips Bagnall and Allied Genera from India. (Thysanoptera: Megathripinae: Insecta). Oriental Insects 4: 265–280.
Type information
Holotype female, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna; lectotype female of gloveri, depositary not known; lectotype female of karnyi in the Natural History Museum, London; holotype female of neivei in US National Museum of Natural History, Washington; syntypes of fungivorus in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
