Open AccessPOLYTYPIC SPECIES OF SPORE‐FEEDING THYSANOPTERA IN THE GENUS ALLOTHRIPS HOOD (PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE)
Author(s) -
Mound L. A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1972.tb01602.x
Subject(s) - subspecies , genus , biology , key (lock) , botany , zoology , ecology
Four species and sixteen subspecies of the genus Allothrips are recognised and a key provided. The megacephalus series of forms from North America show a gradient in structure between Illinois and Mexico, with one subspecies in Southern Florida. Three new subspecies of megacephalus Hood are described from Australia apparently introduced from Mexico or California; these are m. greensladei, m. prolixus , and m. stannardi . The Indian and African Allothrips are here regarded as subspecies of pillichellus (Priesner). One new subspecies, p. bournieri , is described from France and Spain, and two forms from America are regarded as introduced subspecies of pillichellus from Europe and India. The following nomenclatural changes are made: A. megacephalus acutus Stannard ssp. comb.n.; A. megacephalus mexicanus Stannard ssp. comb. n.; A. megacephalus watsoni Hood stat. n.; A. pillichelus acaciae Faure stat. n.; A. pillichellus africanus Faure stat. n.; A. pillichellus aureus Stannard stat. n.; A. pillichellus bicolor Ananthakrishnan stat. n.; A. pillichellus biminianus Stannard ssp. comb. n.; A. pillichellus indicus Ananthakrishnan stat. n.; A. pillichellus montanus Ananthakrishnan stat. n.; Allidothrips cinctus (Faure) comb. n.