Dolichothrips indicus

Nomenclatural details

Neoheegeria indica Hood, 1919: 96.
Dolichothrips pumilus Priesner, 1935: 362. Synonymised by Mound & Okajima, 2015: 90
Dolichothrips (Dolicholepta) rambhutanae Ananthakrishnan, 1960: 572. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 88.
Dolichothrips nesius Stannard, 1961: 457. Synonymised by Mound & Okajima, 2015: 90.

Biology and distribution

Described from India on shoots of Ailanthus excelsa; D. pumilus from Taiwan on Diospyros discolor; D. nesius from Guam on young leaves of Melastoma marianum and from Sri Lanka on Melastoma malabathricum.

Distribution: Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions; reported from India, Guam, Taiwan, Japan, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Barbados, Brasil, PuertoRico, Hawaii and Mauritius (Ulitzka unpublished).

Dolichothrips indicus is a polyphagous leaf-feeder on many different plants.

References

Hood JD (1919) On some new Thysanoptera from southern India. Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 90–103.

Priesner H (1935) New or little-known oriental Thysanoptera. Philippine Journal of Science 57: 351–375.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1960) Thysanoptera from the Nilgiri and Kodaikanal Hills (south India). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 57: 557–578.

Stannard (1961) A new species of Dolichothrips s.str. from Guam and Ceylon (Tubulifera: Phlaeothripidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 457-459.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall’s Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.

Mound LA & Okajima S (2015) Taxonomic Studies on Dolichothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), pollinators of Macaranga trees in Southeast Asia (Euphorbiaceae). Zootaxa 3956 (1): 79-96.

Type information

Holotype ♀ (D. indicus): National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntypes (D. pumilus): Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype ♀ (D. nesius): Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu.