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Issue: Vol. 4755 No. 3: 25 Mar. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.10
Page range: 587–592
Abstract views: 121
PDF downloaded: 82

Taxonomic confusion among gall-thrips and host-plants, with three new
combinations from the genus Austrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)

CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601.
Thysanoptera Ocnothrips Teuchothrips Solomonthrips leaf-galls fungus-feeding

Abstract

The genus Austrothrips is considered a nomen dubium because the types are lost and the type species description is uninformative. Austrothrips flavitibia Moulton is transferred to the genus Teuchothrips and Austrothrips vanuaensis Moulton is transferred to the genus Solomonthrips. The gall-inducing Austrothrips cochinchinensis Karny is transferred to Ocnothrips as a senior synonym of the type species, O. indicus. The host of cochinchinensis is recognised as a vine-like shrub, Getonia floribunda, that is widespread between western India and southeast China.

 

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