Species Katothrips banksiae Mound & Wells, 2020

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• Katothrips banksiae Mound, L.A. & Wells, A. 2020. Host-shifts at family level in the Australian Acacia-thrips lineage (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) with two new species. Zootaxa 4816(2): 202–208 [Date published 16 Jul. 2020] [206].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC LAM5620 ♀ aptera, AUSTRALIA, New South Wales, Pebbly Beach, 20 km north of Bateman’s Bay [35°31’43”S, 150°10’50”E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 8 ♀, 2 ♂, all apterae (with larvae and pupae), taken with holotype; ANIC 1 ♀ macroptera, 10 ♀, 1 ♂, apterae, Moruya Heads, 30km south of Bateman’s Bay; ANIC 1♀ aptera (from leaf mines on Banksia integrifolia same locality and host, different date); ANIC 1 macropterous ♀, 2 ♀, 3 ♂ apterae, Victoria, Melbourne, Royal Botanic Gardens; ANIC 3 ♀ macropterae, 4 ♀, 4 ♂ apterae (with larvae) (from leaf mines on Banksia integrifolia).

  Type host:

   Banksia integrifolia [PROTEACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult and larvae: sap-sucker (associated flora: Banksia integrifolia [PROTEACEAE]).

History of changes