Mecynothrips acanthus
Nomenclatural details
Kleothrips acanthus Hood, 1918: 77.
Acrothrips serex Karny, 1920: 43. Synonymised by Bagnall, 1932: 520.
Acrothrips gargantua Girault, 1926: 1. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 65.
Phoxothrips gigantea Girault, 1926: 4. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 65.
Biology and Distribution
References
Hood JD (1918) A new Kleothrips (Thysanoptera) from North Queensland. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 13: 77–79.
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. 4 pp.
Mound LA (1974) Spore-feeding Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from Leaf Litter and Dead Wood in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplement 27: 1-106.
Type information
Holotype male in US National Museum of Natural History, Washington; lectotype male of serex in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; types of Girault taxa in Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
