Psephenothrips machili

Nomenclatural details

Rhynchothrips? machili Moulton, 1928: 313.

Liothrips machilus Ananthakrishnan & Varadarasan, 1978: 391. synonymised by Tyagi & Kumar (2012).

Biology and Distribution

Described from Taiwan, recorded from Ryukyu Islands, Japan and Peermedu, Kerala, India.

References

Moulton D (1928) New Thysanoptera from Formosa. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 18: 287-328.

Okajima S (2006) The Suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). The Insects of Japan 2: 1-720. The Entomological Society of Japan, Touka Shobo Co. Ltd., Fukuoka.

Tyagi K & Kumar V (2012) A new species of Psephenothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from India. Oriental Insects 46: 281–287.

Type information

Holotype female, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi (Liothrips machilus).