Mecynothrips hardyi
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Nomenclatural details
Kleothrips hardyi Priesner, 1928: 657.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Brisbane Botanical gardens, Queensland, Australia, living on dead leaves of Acacia harpophylla (Tree et al. 2010).
References
Priesner H (1928) Über australische Thysanopteren. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 137: 643–659.
Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 37: 153-215.
Tree DJ, Mound LA & Walter GH (2010) Fungal spore-feeding by adult and larval Mecynothrips hardyi (Priesner) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Journal of Natural History 44: 307-316.
Type information
Holotype female, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
