Mecynothrips priesneri

Nomenclatural details

Mecynothrips priesneri Mound, 1971: 281.

Mecynothrips minor Mound, 1971: 282. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 207.

Biology and Distribution

From New Guinea.

References

Mound LA (1971) A review of the Melanesian genus Mecynothrips (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 5: 279-283.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 37: 153-215.

Type information

Holotype male in the Natural History Museum, London, also holotype male of minor.