Holothrips speciossissimus

Holothrips speciossissimus is a species of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae, first described in 1920 as Nesothrips speciossissimus by Heinrich Hugo Karny,[1][2] from a specimen collected at Cedar Creek in Queensland.[1]

Holothrips speciossissimus
(female) Mission Beach, Queensland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Phlaeothripidae
Genus: Holothrips
Species:
H. speciossissimus
Binomial name
Holothrips speciossissimus
(Karny, 1920)
Synonyms[1]

Adelothrips speciosissimus
Nesothrips speciossissimus

It is found in the wet tropics of the Cape York peninsula.[1]

Further reading

  • L.A. Mound (1974). "Spore-feeding thrips (Phlaeothripidae) from leaf litter and dead wood in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplementary Series. 22 (27): 1. doi:10.1071/AJZS027. ISSN 0310-9089. Wikidata Q54744784.
  • Mound, L.A.; Palmer, J.M. (1983). "The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 46: 1–174. ISSN 0524-6431. Wikidata Q111654125.

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Holothrips speciossissimus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. H. Karny (1920). "Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg". Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické (in Czech). 17: 35-44 [42]. ISSN 0862-0245. Wikidata Q112330998.


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