extant species, plant pests
Liothrips mirabilis
Biology and distribution
Described from the botanical gardens of Peradenya, Sri Lanka on Pavetha hispida (Rubiaceae) and in rolled leaf margins of pepper plant (L. mirabilis); from marginal leaf galls of Piper nigrum, same place (G. karnyi).
Distribution: Sri Lanka; pest species on pepper (Piper nigrum).
References
Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.
Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 13: 22–31.
Mound LA (2020) Liothrips species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from leaf-galls on Piper species in Southeast Asia and Australia. Zootaxa 4830 (2): 383–391.
Type information
Holotype ♂︎: unknown depositary.
Syntypes ♂︎ und ♀: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
Holotype of G. karnyi: The Natural History Museum, London.