Desmothrips reedi
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File:Desmothrips reedi macroptera head.jpg
Desmothrips reedi macroptera head
File:Desmothrips reedi Mesmet TergI Wing.jpg
Desmothrips reedi meso- and metanotum
Nomenclatural details
Desmothrips reedi Mound, 1967: 66.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Tunderbine, New South Wales, Australia from Medicago hispida var. denticulata. Usually wingless, living at ground level. Widespread in eastern Australia.
References
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, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.
