Stenchaetothrips pleioblasti

Nomenclatural details

Stenchaetothrips pleioblasti Masumoto & Okajima, 2013: 17.

Biology and distribution

Described from Honshu (Kanagawa Pref., Yokosuka City, Kannonzaki), Japan; from leaves of Pleioblastus chino (Poaceae).

Distribution: Japan (Honshu, Ogasawara, Kyoto); also reported from Hungary (Gödöllő, Szada from leaves of Phyllostachys vivax [Poaceae]).
Stenchaetothrips pleioblasti is living and breeding on Gramineae but has been recorded also on other plants (Cyperaceae, Asteraceae, Cornaceae, etc.).

References

Masumoto M & Okajima S (2013) Review of the genus Thrips and related genera (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Japan. Zootaxa 3678 (1): 1–65.

Nakao  S & Masumoto M (2017) Records of thrips on bamboo, take and sasa (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) in the Kyoto Botanical Garden, with a special reference to ovoviviparity in Phlaeothripinae (Insecta:Thysanoptera). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University, Life & Enviromental Sciences 69: 9–13.

Type information

Holotype ♀: Laboratory of Entomology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan.