Copidothrips octarticulatus
Nomenclatural details
Heliothrips (Parthenothrips) octarticulata Schmutz, 1913: 993.
Copidothrips formosus Hood, 1954: 190. Synonym (Bhatti, 1990).
Mesostenothrips kraussi Stannard & Mitri, 1962: 211. Synonym (Bhatti, 1990).
Biology and Distribution
Described from Sri Lanka (H. octarticulata), Taiwan (C. formosus) and Gibert island, Kiribati (M. kraussi).
References
Bhatti JS (1990) Catalogue of insects of the Order Terebrantia from the Indian Subregion. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) (4) 2: 205–352.
Stannard LJ & Mitri TJ (1962) Preliminary studies on the Tryphactothrips complex in which Anisopilothrips, Mesostenothrips and Elixothrips are erected as new genera (Thripidae: Heliothripinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 88: 183–224.
Hood JD (1954) Three new heliothripine Thysanoptera from Formosa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 56: 188–193.
Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.
Type information
Holotype female (C. formosus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Holotype female (M. kraussi), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.
