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

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

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

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

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

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

Type information

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

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