Megalurothrips usitatus

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips usitatus Bagnall, 1913: 293.

Frankliniella nigricornis Schmutz, 1913: 1020.

Frankliniella obscuricornis Schmutz, 1913: 1022.

Frankliniella vitata Schmutz, 1913: 1023.

Physothrips cinctipennis Bagnall, 1916: 217.

Physothrips mjobergi Karny, 1920: 37.

Taeniothrips longistylus Karny, 1922: 99.

Biology and Distribution

Described from India (P. usitatus), Sri Lanka (F. nigricornis, F. obscuricornis, F. vitata), Australia (P. cinctipennis, P. mjobergi) and Thailand (T. longistylus).

References

Bagnall RS (1913) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 12: 290–299.

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.

Bagnall RS (1916) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 17: 213–223.

Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35–44.

Karny H (1922) Thysanoptera from Siam and Indo-China. Journal of the Siam Society 16: 91–153.

Type information

Holotype (P. mjobergi), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.

Syntype (P. cinctipennis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Syntype (P. usitatus), The Natural History Museum, London.