extant species
Mycterothrips fasciatus
Biology and distribution
Described from Niimi City, Japan from Ilex pedunculosa. Paratypes from Castanopsis cuspidate, Aucuba japonica, Pleioblastus chino, Aralia cordata, Ficus erecta, Rhus javanica and Machilus thunbergii.
Distribution: Japan; on leaves of various deciduous trees.
References
Masumoto M & Okajima S (2006) A revision of and key to the world species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 1261: 1–90.
Type information
Holotype ♀ and most paratypes: Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Japan.