Chaetanaphothrips signipennis

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Chaetanaphothrips signipennis_Female [L A Mound]

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Chaetanaphothrips signipennis_Female head and pronotum [L A Mound]

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Chaetanaphothrips signipennis_Female sternite III [L A Mound]

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Chaetanaphothrips signipennis_Female tergite VIII [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Scirtothrips signipennis Bagnall, 1914: 22.

Euthrips biguttaticorpus Girault, 1924: 1.

Euthrips musae Tryon in Girault, 1925: 471. Nomen nudum.

Physothrips citricorpus Girault, 1927: 1.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sri Lanka (S. signipennis), Australia (E. biguttaticorpus, P. citricorpus). Recorded from Panama, Honduras, Martinique and Guadeloupe.

References

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13: 22–31.

Girault AA (1924) Lese majeste, new Insecta and robbery. Privately published, Gympie 1 pp.

Girault AA (1925) The banana rust thrips. Queensland Agricultural Journal 23: 471–517.

Girault AA (1927) A discourse on wild animals. Published privately, Brisbane. pp. 1–2.

Kudo I (1985) The Japanese species of the genus Chaetanaphothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Kontyu 53: 311–328.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

Type information

Holotype (S. signipennis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Syntype (E. biguttaticorpus), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Syntype (P. citricorpus), Queensland Museum, Brisbane.