Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall, 1913)

Elie, Ntirenganya, Yajin, Li, Yanlan, Xie, Yanli, Zhou & Hongrui, Zhang, 2021, Checklist of the suborder Terebrantia (Thysanoptera): generic diversity and species composition in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 72670-72670 : 72670

Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall, 1913)

Physothrips usitatus Bagnall, 1913: 293

Frankliniella nigricornis Schmutz, 1913: 1020

Frankliniella obscuricornis Schmutz, 1913: 1022

Frankliniella vitata Schmutz, 1913: 1023

Physothrips cinctipennis Bagnall, 1916: 217

Physothrips mjobergi Karny, 1920: 37

Taeniothrips longistylus Karny, 1922: 99.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Y.X. Q; individualID: 2016-VIII-29 | 2016-VIII-25; individualCount: 39; sex: 10 males, 29 females; lifeStage: adults; occurrenceID: YAU5082020 Tt 73; Taxon: scientificNameAuthorship: Megalurothrips usitatus ( Bagnall ); Location : country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan; municipality: Xishuangbanna ; locality: Jinghong ( Mansha Village ; decimalLatitude: 21.854416; decimalLongitude: 100.944158; Identification : identifiedBy: Li Yajin ; dateIdentified: 2018; identificationReferences: ( ThripsWiki 2020); Event : samplingProtocol: sweeping and shaking; eventDate: 25/08/2016, 29/06/2016; Record Level : collectionID: thrips; institutionCode: YAU5082020; collectionCode: terebrantia; basisOfRecord: preserved specimen

Ecological interactions

Feeds on

flowers, collected from Fabaceae , Poaceae and mango.

Distribution

Described from India and widely distributed.