Plectrothrips brevitubus

Nomenclatural details

Plectrothrips brevitubus Okajima, 1981: 315.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Honshu, Japan on dead wood. Fungus-feeder.

References

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

Okajima S (1981) A revision of the tribe Plectrothripini of fungus-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Phlaeothripinae). Systematic Entomology 6: 291–336.

Type information

Holotype female, Tokyo University of Agriculture.