Mecynothrips acanthus

Nomenclatural details

Kleothrips acanthus Hood, 1918: 77.

Acrothrips serex Karny, 1920: 43. Synonymised by Bagnall, 1932: 520.

Acrothrips gargantua Girault, 1926: 1. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 65.

Phoxothrips gigantea Girault, 1926: 4. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 65.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Northern Queensland, Australia.

References

Hood JD (1918) A new Kleothrips (Thysanoptera) from North Queensland. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 13: 77–79.

Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35–44.

Girault AA (1926) New pests from Australia V. Published privately, Brisbane. 4 pp.

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

Type information

Holotype male (K. acanthus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Lectotype male (A. serex), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Syntypes (A. gargantua, P. gigantea), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.