Ethirothrips stenomelas

Nomenclatural details

Phlaeothrips stenomelas Walker, 1859: 224.

Diceratothrips brevicornis Bagnall, 1910: 696. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Ischyrothrips niger Schmutz, 1913: 1080. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Liothrips gigas Karny 1913: 133. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Liothrips thomasseti Bagnall, 1921: 288. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Liothrips nigricornis Bagnall, 1921: 278. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Liothrips intrepidus Bagnall, 1921: 279. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Mesothrips setidens Moulton, 1928: 129. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Cryptothrips niger Moulton & Steinweden, 1935: 165. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Ethirothrips madagascariensis Bagnall, 1936: 222. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 57.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sri Lanka, but widely distributed in tropical countries.

References

Walker F (1859) Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)4: 217-224.

Bagnall RS (1910) Thysanoptera. pp. 669–701 in Fauna hawaiiensis. London: Cambridge University Press. Vol.3.

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

Karny H (1913) Beitrag zur Thysanopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea und Neu-Britannien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79: 123–136.

Bagnall RS (1921) On Thysanoptera from the Seychelles Islands and Rodrigues. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)7: 257–293.

Moulton D (1928) Thysanoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian entomological Society 7: 105–134.

Moulton D & Steinweden JB (1935) Two new species of Cryptothrips from the Marquesas. Pacific entomological Survey 7/11: 163–165.

Bagnall RS (1936) Descriptions of some new Thysanoptera from tropical Africa and Madagascar. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie 3: 219–230.

Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 1–106.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174. See also: [1]

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 the Natural History Museum, London, also holotype female of intrepidus, and lectotype females of thomasseti and nigricornis; holotype females of setidens and niger in BP Bishop Museum, Hawaii; holotype female of gigas in Humboldt Museum, Berlin; syntypes of niger in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.