Hoplothrips japonicus

Nomenclatural details

Cryptothrips okamatoi Karny, 1913: 127.

Dolerothrips japonicus Karny, 1913: 126.

Trichothrips major Hood, 1914: 153.

Trichothrips drakei Watson, 1921: 78.

Machatothrips ohtai Ishida, 1932: 9.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Japan (C. okamatoi, D. japonicus, M. ohtai), New York USA (T. drakei) and Pennsylvania USA (T. major). Occurs on dead wood with fungi. Fungus-feeder (Okajima, 2006).

References

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

Ishida M (1932) Fauna of the Thysanoptera in Japan. Insecta matsumurana 7 (1-2): 1–16.

Watson JR (1921) New Thysanoptera from New York. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 16: 78–86.

Hood JD (1914) Studies in Tubuliferous Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 27: 151–172.

Karny H (1913) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Supplementa Entomologica 2: 127–134.

Karny H (1913) Thysanoptera von Japan. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79: 122–128.

Type information

Holotype (M. ohtai), University of Hokkaido.

Lectotype female (C. okamatoi), Humboldt University Museum, Berlin.

Lectotype female (D. japonicus), Humboldt University Museum, Berlin.

Unknown type (T. drakei), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.