Taeniothrips eucharii

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips eucharii Whetzel, 1923: 30.

Taeniothrips gracilis Moulton, 1928: 289.

Taeniothrips rohdeae Kurosawa, 1937: 273.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Bermuda (P. eucharii), Taiwan on bean flowers (T. gracilis) and Japan on Rohdea japonica (T. rohdeae).

References

Whetzel (1923) Report of the plant pathologist for the period January 1st to May 31st, 1922. (Bermuda) Board and Dept. Agric. for 1922:2832.

Moulton D (1928) Thysanoptera of Japan: New species, notes, and a list of all known Japanese species. Annotationes zoologicae Japonensis 11: 287–337.

Kurosawa (1937) Descriptions of four new thrips in Japan. Kontyu 11: 266-275.

Type information

Holotype female (T. gracilis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (T. rohdeae), Plant Quarantine service, Yokohama Custom House.