Fulmekiola serrata

Nomenclatural details

Thrips serrata Kobus, 1893: 16.
Stenothrips minutus Karny, 1915: 85.
Fulmekiola interrupta Karny, 1925: 19.
Thrips moultoni Ishida, 1934: 55.
Thrips armatus Moulton, 1936: 271. Synonymised by Palmer, 1992: 7.

Biology and distribution

Described from Java, Indonesia (T. serrata, F. interrupta, S. minutus), Taiwan from sugar cane (T. moultoni) and Philippines from citrus seedlings (T. armatus).

Distribution: This Oriental species is widespread between India and The Philippines. It has been introduced and is established in many other regions and has been recorded from: Asia (Bangladesch, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam), Africa (Mauritius, South-Africa), North America  (Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts & Nevis, Santa Lucia, St.Vincent & Grenadinen, Trinidad & Tobago) and South America (Venezuela).

Fulmekiola serrata causes serious damage to sugar cane. Breeding on the tightly curled young leaf spindles at the growing points of sugar cane, possibly also living on other Poaceae.

References

Kobus JD (1892) Blaaspooten (Thrips). Mededeelingen van het Proefstation Oost-Java 43: 14–18.

Karny H (1915) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gallen von Java. Zweite Mitteilung über die javanischen Thysanopterocecidien und deren Bewohner. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 11: 85–90.

Karny H (1925) Die an Tabak auf Java und Sumatra angetroffenen Blasenfüsser. Bulletin van het deli Proefstation te Medan 23: 1–55.

Ishida M (1934) Fauna of the Thysanoptera of Japan. Insecta matsumurana 9 (1-2): 55–59. Moulton D (1936) Thysanoptera of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Agriculture 7: 263–273.

Palmer JM (1992) Thrips (Thysanoptera) from Pakistan to the Pacific: a review. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History (Entomology) 61: 1-76.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.