Scirtothrips australiae

Nomenclatural details

Scirtothrips australiae Hood, 1919: 75.

Glaucothrips auricorpus Girault, 1927: 1.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Australia. Collected from Kunzea ericoides, Exocarpus cupressiformis, Melaleuca, leucadendra and Eucalyptus sp. Widespread in Australia.

References

Hoddle M & Mound LA (2004) The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1–40.

Girault AA (1927) Some new wild animals from Queensland. Published privately Brisbane. pp. 1–3.

Type information

Holotype female (S. australiae), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (G. auricorpus), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.