Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
text
Zootaxa
2011
3064
1
40
journal article
46148
10.5281/zenodo.200567
dbb812a3-60dd-4f6f-bb48-9e2ce120221a
1175-5326
200567
Moundothrips
Wilson
The only species in this
Panchaetothripinae
genus,
M. apterygus
, is an Australian endemic, and is known only from wingless individuals. The plant species on which it actually breeds remains uncertain. Claimed originally to have been collected from the leaves of grasses, subsequent observations suggested that the host might be a species of
Restionaceae
, but this has yet to be confirmed. Information and illustrations for this genus are web-available (
Mound, Paris
et al.
, 2011
).