Species Teuchothrips ater (Girault, 1927)
- Liothrips ater Girault, A.A. 1927. New Australian animals so far overlooked by outsiders. Brisbane : Published privately 2 pp. [2].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♀, Melbourne, VIC. - Androthrips niger Girault, A.A. 1927. New Australian animals so far overlooked by outsiders. Brisbane : Published privately 2 pp. [2].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Tara, QLD. - Teuchothrips bursariicola Priesner, H. 1928. Über australische Thysanopteren. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 137: 643-659 [Date published 31/12/1928] [647].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF ♀ ♂, Healesville, VIC. - Smerinthothrips fuscipennis Moulton, D. 1968. New Thysanoptera from Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 36: 93-124 [Date published 31/12/1968] [93].
Type data:
Holotype CAS ♀, Port Lincoln, SA. - Teuchothrips pittosporiicola Bagnall, R.S. 1929. On some new genera and species of Australian Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) with special reference to gall-species. Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia) 25(1928): 184-204 [Date published 31/12/1929] [191].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Botany, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Mound, L.A. 1968. A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Supplement) 11: 1-181 [Date published 31/12/1968] [151].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mound, L.A. & Houston, K.J. 1987. An annotated check-list of Thysanoptera from Australia. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 4: 1-28 [Date published 31/12/1987] [17]
- Mound, L.A. 2008. Identification and host associations of some Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae described from Australia pre-1930. Zootaxa 1714: 41-60 [47] (for Teuchothrips pittosporiicola Bagnall)
Generic Combinations
- Teuchothrips ater (Girault, 1927). —
Mound, L.A. & Houston, K.J. 1987. An annotated check-list of Thysanoptera from Australia. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 4: 1-28 [Date published 31/12/1987] [17]
Introduction
Discussion of variation in this species and variety of plant species from which it has been taken given by Mound et al. (2023). These include Eucalyptus, brigalow, Pittosporum, Geijera, Auranticarpa rhombifolia (leaf galls),
Clerodendron sp., Pittosporum undulatum, Pittosporum revolutum.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Folivore (associated flora: Pittosporum undulatum Vent. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Native Daphne; Pittosporum phillyreoides DC. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Weeping Pittosporum), gall-inducer.
Extra Ecological Information
'recorded … forming substantial colonies on the external surfaces of galls that were induced by Neocecidothrips curviseta on Auranticarpa rhombifolia (Pittosporaceae)'.
General References
Mound, L.A. 2008. Identification and host associations of some Thysanoptera Phlaeothripinae described from Australia pre-1930. Zootaxa 1714: 41-60 [47] (discussion, new synonymy, host plants)
Mound, L.A., Dang, L.-H. & Tree, D.J. 2023. Structural diversity among the leaf-feeding thrips of Australia in the genus Teuchothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) with 20 new species. Zootaxa 5383(4): 441–475 [Date published 13 Dec. 2023] [448]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2024 | THYSANOPTERA | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 07-Mar-2024 | THYSANOPTERA | 20-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 15-Sep-2023 | THYSANOPTERA | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 17-Nov-2022 | PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 21-Feb-2022 | THYSANOPTERA | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells |
| 04-Aug-2021 | THYSANOPTERA | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells |
| 05-Aug-2020 | THYSANOPTERA | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Alice Wells (ABRS) |
| 05-Feb-2020 | THYSANOPTERA | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 20-Dec-2018 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jul-2018 | PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jul-2018 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Jul-2018 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 08-Jul-2015 | PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Jul-2015 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Desley Tree |
| 08-Jul-2015 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Feb-2020 | TUBULIFERA | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Feb-2020 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Feb-2020 | PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Feb-2020 | Phlaeothripinae | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Feb-2020 | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Feb-2020 | 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Aug-2024 | MODIFIED |