Carcinothrips leai

Nomenclatural details

Carcinothrips leai Moulton, 1929: 264

Biology and Distribution

Described from South Australia, recorded from Northern Territory, on Acacia kempeana & torulosa.

References

Moulton D (1929) An interesting new thrips from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 53 : 264–266.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Type information

Holotype female, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.