Trichinothrips breviceps

Nomenclatural details

Trichaplothrips breviceps Bagnall, 1926: 550.

Trichinothrips branderi Bagnall, 1929: 605.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Peradenyia, Sri Lanka (T. breviceps), predatory on Archipsoccus and Malaysia on Messua ferrea (T. branderi).

References

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 11: 1–181.

Bagnall RS (1929) A new thrips-gall on Ironwood (Messua ferrea) and its inhabitants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)3: 601–606.

Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 545–560.

Type information

Holotype male (T. breviceps), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype male (T. branderi), The Natural History Museum, London.