Hoplothrips dubius

Nomenclatural details

Dolerothrips dubius Bagnall, 1910: 691.

Dolerothrips barbatus Bagnall, 1910: 683. Synonymised by Mound 2017: 141.

Dolerothrips ovatus Bagnall, 1910: 686. Synonymised by Mound 2017: 141.

Dolerothrips angusticeps Bagnall, 1910: 688. Synonymised by Mound 2017: 141.

Dolerothrips bicolor Bagnall, 1910: 688. Synonymised by Mound 2017: 141.

Hoplothrips coprosmae Moulton, 1936: 186. Synonymised by Mound 2017: 141.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Molokai mountains, Hawaii USA; barbatus from Kona, under rotting log; ovatus from Haleakala, Maui; angusticeps from Kalae, Molokai; bicolor from Oahu; coprosmae from Nauhi, Hawaii.

References

Bagnall RS (1910) Thysanoptera. pp. 669–701 in Fauna hawaiiensis. London: Cambridge University Press Vol 3.

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

Mound LA (2017) Intraspecific structural variation among Hawaiian Hoplothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), with ten new synonymies and one new species. ZooKeys 722: 137-152.

Type information

Lectotype female, The Natural History Museum, London. Also: barbatus holotype male; ovatus lectotype male angusticeps lectotype male; bicolor holotype female. Holotype female of coprosmae in California Academy of Sciences.