Gigantothrips elegans Zimmermann, 1900

Wang, Chin-Ling & Lin, Feng-Chyi, 2020, Genera and species of the Liothrips lineage (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4861 (3), pp. 349-375 : 351

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4426256
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scientific name	Gigantothrips elegans Zimmermann
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Gigantothrips elegans Zimmermann View in CoL

Gigantothrips elegans Zimmermann, 1900: 18 View in CoL .

This species is found widely from eastern India to southern Japan and northern Australia, living in association with Ficus View in CoL leaves.

Specimens examined. Taiwan, Hakumo (Toseiigun, Taichusha ), 8 adults with 4 larvae from Ficus , 6.vi.1933 (Takahashi) ; Hakumo ( Formosa ), 3 females from Ficus , 14.vi.1933 (Takahashi) ; TARI, 2 females, 1 male from dead leaves, 9.vii.1992 ; Kendin (Pingtung), 1 female sweeping from grasses, 14.i.1991 ; Kendin (Pingtung), 1 female from Aleurites moluccana , 14.i.1991 ; Kendin (Pingtung), 1 female from Bischofia javanica , 14.i.1993 .