Desmothrips obsoletus
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Desmothrips obsoletus head
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Desmothrips obsoletus meso- and metanotum
Nomenclatural details
Desmothrips obsoletus Bagnall, 1924: 626.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Victoria, Australia, but found commonly in Acacia flowers in Spring at Canberra.
References
Bagnall RS (1924) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)14: 625–640.
Mound LA (1967) A taxonomic revision of the Australian Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 20: 41-74.
Type information
Holotype female, The Natural History Museum, London.
