Ethirothrips acanthus

Nomenclatural details

Cryptothrips acanthus Hood, 1919: 88.

Cryptothrips sjostedti Karny, 1926: 42. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Adiaphorothrips sismondini Girault, 1926: 1. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Adiaphorothrips nox Girault, 1928: 2. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Adiaphorothrips differens Priesner, 1928: 656. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 93.

Biology and Distribution

From eastern Australia.

References

Hood JD (1919) Two new genera and thirteen new species of Australian Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 32: 75–92.

Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35–44.

Girault AA (1926) New pests from Australia V. Published privately, Brisbane. 2 pp.

Girault AA (1928) A prodigeous discourse on wild animals. Published privately, Brisbane. pp. 1–3.

Priesner H (1928) Über australische Thysanopteren. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 137: 643–659.

Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 1–106.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174. See also: [1]

Type information

Holotype female in US National Museum of Natural History, Washington; holotype females of sismondini and nox in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane; holotype female of differens in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.