Nesothrips brevicollis

Nomenclatural details

Oedemothrips (?) brevicollis Bagnall, 1914: 29.

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

Nesothrips atropoda Duan, Li, Yang & Yan, 1998: 58. Synonymised by Dang, Mound & Qiao (2013).

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; atropoda described from Heinan, China.

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.

Duan B, Li M, Yang R & Yan R (1998) Three new species of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from the Funiu Mountains, Henan, China. pp. 53–58 in Shen X-C & Shi Z-Y The Fauna and Taxonomy of Insects in Henan. Insects of the Funiu Mountains region. Beijing: China Agricultural Scientech Press.

Dang L-H, Mound L.A. & Qiao G-X (2013) New records and nomenclatural changes among spore-feeding thrips from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 38: 657-660 [

Type information

Holotype female (O. brevicollis), The Natural History Museum, London; atropoda type specimens, Baotou Landscape Research Institute, Inner Mongolia.

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