Bactrothrips brevitubus

Nomenclatural details

Bactrothrips (Bactridothrips) brevitubus Takahashi, 1935: 61.
Gigantothrips harukawai Kurosawa, 1957: 95. Synonymised by Haga & Okajima, 1989: 4.
Meiothrips (Aculeathrips) baishanzuensis Duan & Li, 1995: 211. Synonymised by Dang & Qiao, 2012: 50.

Biology and distribution

Described from Japan (B. brevitubus; G. harukawai) and from Zhejiang, China (M. baishanzuensis).

Distribution: widespread in evergreen broad-leaved forests of southwestern Japan on Castanopsis cuspidata, C. sieboldii (Fagaceae), Quercus glauca, Q. salicina (Fagaceae), Cinnamomum camphora, C. japonicum (Lauraceae), Machilus japonica, M. thunbergii (Lauraceae), Neolitsea sericea (Lauraceae), etc.
Fungus-feeder on dead leaves.

References

Takahashi R (1935) An interesting thrips from Amami-Oshima, Loochoos. Mushi 8: 61-63.

Haga K & Okajima S (1989) A taxonomic study of the genus Bactrothrips Karny (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the Sugadaira Montane Research Centre, University of Tsukuba 10: 1-23.

Duan B & Ki M (1995) Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae, in Wu Hong [ed] (1995) Insects of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China 586 pp. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House. pp. 211–213.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka: Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Dang LH & Qiao GX (2012) The genus Bactrothrips in China (Thysanoptera: Idolothripinae): morphological and molecular data, and a key with two new species. Zootaxa 3449: 47-61.