Thrips simplex

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips simplex Morison, 1930: 12.

Taeniothrips gladioli Moulton & Steinweden, 1931: 20.

Physothrips plurisetae Girault, 1933: 2.

Taeniothrips quinani Moulton, 1936: 506.

Taeniothrips gladiolicola Pussard, 1946: 774.

Biology and Distribution

Described from South Australia (P. simplex), Queensland (P. plurisetae), Canada (T. gladioli), France (T. gladiolicola) and South Africa (T. quinani).

References

Mound LA & Masumoto M (2005) The genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 1020: 1–64.

Nakahara S (1994) The genus Thrips Linnaeus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the New World. Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture 1822: 1–183.

Pussard (1946) Remarques sur deux thrips des cultures floralea. C R Acad Agric France Paris 32: pp. 772-775.

Moulton D (1936) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)17: 493–509.

Girault AA (1933) Some beauties inhabitant not of the boudoirs of commerce but of nature's bosom - new insects. Privately published, Brisbane pp. 1–2.

Moulton D & Steinweden JB (1931) A new Taeniothrips on gladiolus. Canadian Entomologist 63: 20–21.

Morison (1930) On a collection of Thysanoptera from South Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 21: 9-14.

Type information

Holotype female (P. simplex), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype (T. quinani), The Natural History Museum, London.

Syntype (P. plurisetae), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Holotype female (T. gladioli), unknown depositary.