Species Akainothrips francisi Gilbert, Mound & Simpson, 2012

Museums

Regional Maps

• Akainothrips francisi Gilbert, J.D.J., Mound, L.A. & Simpson, S. 2012. Biology of a new species of socially parasitic thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) inside Dunatothrips nests, with evolutionary implications for inquilinism in thrips. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 107: 112–122 [115].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀ (from domicile of Dunatothrips aneurae on Acacia aneura), Australia, New South Wales, Fowlers Gap, 110 km N of Broken Hill.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 14♀ 8♂, same domicile as holotype; ANIC 14♀ 9♂ (other domiciles), same data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Gawler (GAW), Mulga Lands (ML)

Ecological Descriptors

Inquiline (host(s): Dunatothrips aneurae [PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE]) (associated flora: Acacia aneura F.Muell. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Mulga).

History of changes