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
Phibalothrips
Hood
This
Panchaetothripinae
genus comprises one species from southern Europe, one from
Malaysia
, and two species that have overlapping distributions between Africa and Southeast Asia. These two are
P. peringueyi
that is recorded widely across the Oriental region from
South Africa
to
Japan
, and
P. l o n g i c e p s
that is found in
Australia
as well as
New Caledonia
, New
Guinea
and
Fiji
. These two are distinguished from each other on slight differences in the colour of the base of the fore wings.
P. longiceps
is widely distributed across
Australia
north of Sydney, breeding on the leaves of grasses, but usually only on introduced species.