Xaniothrips foederatus

Nomenclatural details

Xaniothrips foederatus Mound & Morris, 1999: 184.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New South Wales, Australia. Recorded from Queensland on Acacia aneura (Crespi, Morris & Mound, 2004).

References

Mound LA & Morris DC (1999) Abdominal armature in Xaniothrips species (Thysanoptera; Phlaeothripidae), kleptoparasites of domicile-producing thrips on Australian Acacia trees. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 179–188.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Study & Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1–328.

Type information

Holotype female, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.