Mesothrips jordani

Nomenclatural details

Mesothrips jordani Zimmermann, 1900: 16.

Phloeothrips similis Bagnall, 1909: 533.

Mesothrips australiae Hood, 1918: 139.

Mesothrips bianchii Ananthakrishnan, 1976: 191.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Java (M. jordani) and Queensland, Australia (M. bianchii) on Ficus leaves, recorded from Japan on leaf roll galls of "Ficus microcarpa (Okajima, 2006).

References

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.

Type information

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

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