Liothrips (Liothrips) pallicornis

Nomenclatural details

Adiaphorothrips pallicornis Karny, 1924: 33.

Akainothrips pallicornis (Karny, 1924); Palmer & Mound, 1978: 186.

Liothrips pallicornis (Karny, 1924); Crespi et al., 2004: 124; Mound, 2012: 3.

Biology and Distribution

Although described as from Queensland, Australia, the only known specimen was apparently collected in East Africa (Mound, 2012: 3).

References

Karny H (1924) Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 38. Thysanoptera. Arkiv för Zoologi (2) 17A: 1–56.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 37: 153-215.

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. 328pp.

Mound LA (2012) Four Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) falsely recorded as Australian. Australian Entomologist 39: 1-4.

Type information

Holotype male, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.