Species Macrophthalmothrips argus (Karny, 1920)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ophthalmothrips argus Karny, H. 1920. Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické 17: 35-44 [Date published 31/12/1920] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀, Malanda, QLD.
• Macrophthalmothrips marginalis Girault, A.A. 1934. Eucharitidae, Cynipidae, Proctotrypidae et Thysanoptera Nova Australiensis. Brisbane : Privately published. 1-2 pp. [2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype QM ♂, Brisbane, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mound, L.A. 1972. Tropical fungus-feeding Thysanoptera of the genus Macrophthalmothrips. Journal of Entomology B 41: 77-88 [Date published 31/12/1972] [82].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mound, L.A. 1972. Tropical fungus-feeding Thysanoptera of the genus Macrophthalmothrips. Journal of Entomology B 41: 77-88 [Date published 31/12/1972] [82]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also New Zealand, Hawaii, Tanzania.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Fungivore.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Feb-2020		17-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
05-Feb-2020		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)