Pygothrips vicinus

Nomenclatural details

Pygothrips vicinus Okajima, 1990: 97.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Ryukyu Islands, Japan on dead branches. Also studied from Thailand, Java, and northern Australia.

References

Okajima S (1990) The Old World species of Pygothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Systematic Entomology 15: 87–99.

Mound LA & Dang L-H (2013) New Australian records of Asian or New Zealand Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera).Australian Entomologist 40(3): 113-117.

Mound LA & Desley T (2021) Tubuliferous Thysanoptera in Australia with an enlarged tenth abdominal segment (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), including six new species. Zootaxa 4951 (1): 167–181.

Type information

Holotype female, Tokyo University of Agriculture.