Species Desmothrips propinquus (Bagnall, 1916)

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• Orothrips propinquus Bagnall, R.S. 1916. Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 17: 397-412 [Date published 31/12/1916] [397].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Creswick, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mound, L.A. 1967. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 20: 41-74 [Date published 31/12/1967] [65].
• Desmothrips elegans Morison, G.D. 1930. New Thysanoptera from South Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 21: 449-454 [Date published 31/12/1930] [451].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Adelaide, SA.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 2♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mound, L.A. 1967. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 20: 41-74 [Date published 31/12/1967] [65]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Florivore.

Extra Ecological Information

In flowers of Acacia [Mimosaceae] and Mesembryanthemum [Aizoaceae].

 

General References

Mound, L.A. 1972. Further studies on Australian Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 37-54 [Date published 31/12/1972] (variation)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)