Nesothrips propinquus
Nomenclatural details
Oedemothrips propinquus Bagnall, 1916: 408.
Cryptothrips dimidiatus Hood, 1918: 145. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 141.
Oedemothrips propinquus var. breviceps Bagnall, 1924: 634. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 141.
Oedemothrips propinquus form obscuricornis Bagnall, 1924: 635.
Bagnalliella cestosa Kayrny, 1920: 41. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 73.
Bolothrips similis Hartwig, 1948: 103. Synonimised by Mound, 1974: 167.
Neosmerinthothrips oleriae Moulton, 1949: 492. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 141.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Australia, but possibly originally from New Zealand (Mound & Walker, 1986: 33).
References
Bagnall RS (1916) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)17: 397–412.
Hood JD (1918) New genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 121–150.
Bagnall RS (1924) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)14: 625–640.
Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35–44.
Hartwig EK (1948) Six new species of South African Thysanoptera, with statistical analyses of measurements. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 11: 83-126.
Moulton D (1949) New Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(2): 481–498.
Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.
Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplement 27: 1-106.
Mound LA (1974) The Nesothrips complex of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31: 109-188.
Mound LS & Walker AK (1986) Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 10: 1-140.
Type information
Holotype female in the Natural History Museum, London, also syntypes of breviceps; holotype female of dimidiatus in US National Museum of Natural History, Washington; holotype female of cestosa in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm; holotype female of oleariae in California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; holotype female of similis in South African National Insect Collection, Pretoria.
