Hoplothrips corticis

Nomenclatural details

Thrips corticis De Geer, 1773: 11.
Trichothrips copiosa Uzel, 1895: 252.
Trichothrips aceris Karny, 1913: 125. Synonymised by Okajima, 2006: 336.

Biology and distribution

Described from Sweden (T. corticis), Yamanaka, Japan under bark of Aceris sp. (Hokkaido, Honshu, Izu island) (T. aceris) and Czech Republic (T. copiosa).

Distribution: Widespread in northern and central Europe and extending into North America and Japan; introduced into New Zealand, reported from Pinus radiata and apple bark. Breeding on or under bark of  branches and trunks of dead Quercus, Populus and Tilia trees and also on fruit trees. Presumably feeding on fungal hyphae.

References

De Geer (1773) Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des insectes. Tome troisième:  pp. I-VIII [= 1-8], 1-696, [1-2], Pl. 1-44. Stockholm (Hesselberg).

Uzel H (1895) Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera. Königrätz, Böhmen: pp. 1–472.

Karny H (1913) Thysanoptera von Japan. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 79: 122–128.

Mound LA & Walker AK (1986) Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 10: 1–140.

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

Mound LA, Collins DW, Hastings A (2018) Thysanoptera Britannica et Hibernica – Thrips of the British Isles. Lucidcentral.org, Identic Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia.  LINK

Type information

Holotype ♂ (T. aceris): Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.