Thrips vitticornis

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips vitticornis Karny, 1922: 103.

Taeniothrips canavaliae Moulton, 1928: 295. Synonymised by Priesner, 1938: 524.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Thailand (P. vitticornis) and Guam (T. canavaliae). Widepread in the Oriental and Pacific region. Common in legume flowers.

References

Karny H (1922) Thysanoptera from Siam and Indo-China. Journal of the Siam Society 16: 91–153.

Moulton D (1928) Thysanoptera of Japan: New species, notes, and a list of all known Japanese species. Annotationes zoologicae Japonensis 11: 287–337.

Priesner H (1938) Materialen zu einer Revision der Taeniothrips-Arten (Thysanoptera) des indomalayischen Faunengebietes. Treubia 16: 469-526.

Palmer JM (1992) Thrips (Thysanoptera) from Pakistan to the Pacific: a review. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 61: 1–76.

Type information

Holotype female (T. canavaliae), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.