Apelaunothrips madrasensis

Nomenclatural details

Malacothrips madrasensis Ananthakrishnan, 1964: 109.

Dexiothrips madrasensis (Ananthakrishnan); Okajima 1979: 40.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Madras, India, from decaying twigs and other vegetation. Recorded from Japan in leaf-litter, also from Java and Malaysia (Okajima, 2006).

References

Ananthakrishnan TN (1964) Thysanopterologica Indica I. Entomologisk Tidskrift 85: 99–120.

Okajima, S. (1979) A revisional study of the genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Systematic Entomology, 4, 39–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1979.tb00610.x

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Mound LA (2013) Species diversity in the Palaeotropical leaf-litter genus Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa 3741(1):181-

193.http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03741p193.pdf

Type information

Syntypes, unknown depositary.