Species Rhopalothripoides froggatti (Bagnall, 1916)

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• Rhopalothrips froggatti 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] [411].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Upper Mangrove, NSW.
• Rhopalothrips brunneus 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] [412].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, VIC.
• Rhopalothripoides kellyanus Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On a group of minute Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) and their association with the so-called leaf-glands of Acacia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 77: 171-176 [Date published 31/12/1929] [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, VIC.
• Froggattothrips acaciae Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On a group of minute Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) and their association with the so-called leaf-glands of Acacia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 77: 171-176 [Date published 31/12/1929] [175].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Termeil, NSW.
• Froggattothrips inconsequens Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On a group of minute Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) and their association with the so-called leaf-glands of Acacia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 77: 171-176 [Date published 31/12/1929] [176].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Termeil, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mound, L.A. 1971. Gall-forming thrips and allied species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) from Acacia trees in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 25: 387-466 [Date published 31/12/1971] [452]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Folivore.

Extra Ecological Information

In Acacia leaf nectaries [Mimosaceae]; Ac. decurrens, Ac. dealbata, Ac. mearnsii, Ac. parramattensis, Ac. falciformis.

 

General References

Crespi, B.J., Morris, D.C. & Mound, L.A. 2004. Evolution of Ecological and Behavioural Diversity: Australian Acacia Thrips as Model Organisms. Canberra : Australian Biological Resources Study & CSIRO Entomology vi 321 pp. [277] (comments, images)

 

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)