Mesothrips jordani

Nomenclatural details

Mesothrips jordani Zimmermann, 1900: 16.

Phloeothrips similis Bagnall, 1909: 533.

Mesothrips australiae Hood, 1918: 139.

Mesothrips bianchii Ananthakrishnan, 1976: 191.

Described from Queensland on Ficus leaves, recorded from Japan on leaf roll galls of "Ficus microcarpa (Okajima, 2006).

Mound LA & Minaei K (2007) Australian thrips of the Haplothrips lineage (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 41: 2919–2978.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1976) Studies on Mesothrips (Thysanoptera: Tubulifera). Oriental Insects 10: 185–214.

Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.

Zimmermann (1900) Ueber einige javanische Thysanoptera. Bulletin de l'Institut botanique de Buitenzzorg 7: 6-19.

Holotype female (M. bianchii), Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.

Syntype female & Male (P. similis), The Natural History Museum, London.