Hoplothrips fungi

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips pini Haliday, 1837: 145.

Thrips fungi Zetterstedt, 1840: 312.

Biology and Distribution

Described from England (P. pini) and Lapland (Sweden or Norway) on fungi of Betula alba. Recorded from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku). Occurs under bark of dead wood or on dead branches, fungus-feeder (Okajima, 2006).

References

Haliday AH (1837) Additional notes on the Order Thysanoptera. Entomological Magazine 4: 144–146.

Zetterstedt (1840) Insecta lapponica descripta. Lipsiae.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Type information

Unknown.