Trichinothrips breviceps

Nomenclatural details

Trichaplothrips breviceps Bagnall, 1926: 550.

Trichinothrips branderi Bagnall, 1929: 605. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 152.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Peradenyia, Sri Lanka (T. breviceps), predatory on Archipsoccus and Malaysia on Messua ferrea (T. branderi).

References

Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 545–560.

Bagnall RS (1929) A new thrips-gall on Ironwood (Messua ferrea) and its inhabitants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)3: 601–606.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 11: 1–181.

Type information

Holotype male (T. breviceps), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype male (T. branderi), The Natural History Museum, London.