Desmothrips broomei
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Desmothrips broomei antenna
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Desmothrips broomei pronotum
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Desmothrips broomei meso- and metanotum
Nomenclatural details
Desmothrips broomei Pereyra & Mound, 2010: 316.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Western Australia, in flowers of Acacia eriopoda (Mimosaceae) and Trichodesma zeylanicum (Boraginaceae).
References
Pereyra V & Mound LA (2010) Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Desmothrips (Thysanoptera, Aeolothripidae), an Australian genus of facultative flower-living predators. Systematic Entomology 35: 306-317.
Type information
Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.
