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 | |
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| (female) Mission Beach, Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Holothrips |
| Species: | H. speciossissimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Holothrips speciossissimus (Karny, 1920)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Adelothrips speciosissimus | |
It is found in the wet tropics of the Cape York peninsula.[1]
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
- ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Holothrips speciossissimus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ 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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