Nesothrips brevicollis

Nomenclatural details

Oedemothrips (?) brevicollis Bagnall, 1914: 29.

Neosmerinthothrips formosensis Priesner, 1935: 368. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 162; see Okajima, 1990: 311.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Okinawa, Luchu island, Japan (O. brevicollis) and Hookotoo, Makoo, Taiwan (N. formosensis). Recorded from Java, Indonesia, Rodriguez island, India, Mauritius and Hawaii USA.

References

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13: 22–31.

Priesner H (1935) New or little-known oriental Thysanoptera. Philippine Journal of Science 57: 351–375.

Okajima S (1990) Some Nesothrips (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from East Asia. Zoological Science 7: 311-318.

Okajima S (2006) The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). The Insects of Japan 2: 1-720. The Entomological Society of Japan, Touka Shobo Co. Ltd., Fukuoka.

Type information

Holotype female (O. brevicollis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype female (N. formosensis), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.