Malesiathrips, Palmer & Mound, 1978

Eow, L. X., Mound, L. A. & Ng, Y. F., 2011, Genera of Spore-Feeding Thysanoptera from Southeast Asia (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), with a species checklist from Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 2928 (1), pp. 1-19 : 17

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scientific name	Malesiathrips
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Four species are listed in this genus, and of these one from Guam and another from the Solomon Islands are readily distinguished ( Palmer & Mound, 1978). In contrast, M. australis Mound , based on apterae from northern Australia, is closely similar to M. malayensis Palmer & Mound , based on macropterae from Peninsular Malaysia and Java. Both of these species live on the dead spiny branches of Calamus species , the climbing rattan palms.

References

Palmer, J. M. & Mound, L. A. (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 37, 153 - 215.