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THYSANOPTERA 261
The black hunter, Leptothrips mali (Fitch), is one of many predacious species.
It ranges throughout. much of North America.
PhlG!othrips oryza; Matsumura feeds on rice and other cereal crops, and P.
pablicornis Mats. infests sugar cane in Japan. A closely related species, Onychothrips
tepperi (Uzel) (Phlmothrips) forms galls I on Acacia aneura in Australia.
The mullein thrips, Neoheegeria verbasci (Osborn), is a black species common
on mullein in Europe and North America.
Family IDOLOTHRIPIDlE Bagnall 1908 (I-dol'o-thrip'i-dre, from the Greek
EtOWAOIl, a phantom, + thrips; referring to the striking appearance of
these thrips).
The most interesting member in this family and one of the most remarkable
and probably the largest species in the order is the giant thrips, Acanthinothrzps
spectrum (Haliday) (!dolothrips), which is a black species 10-14 mm. long that
was discovered in Australia by Charles Darwin in 1836. It is a Slow-moving
species living and feeding upon the dead and moist leaves of eucalyptus on the
ground.
SELECTED REFERENCES
BAILEY, S. F., "The biology of the bean thrips," Hilgardia 7: 467-522, 8 figs .• 54 refs.,
1933.
--, "Thrips as vectors of plant diseases," Jour. Econ. Ent. 28: 855-863, 50 refs., 1935.
--, "Thrips attacking man," Can. Ent. 68: 95-98, 9 refs., 1936.
--, "The distribution of injurious thrips in the United States," Jour. Econ. Ent. as:
133-136, 1940.
BAGNALL, R. S., "Some considerations in regard to the classification of the order Thysanoptera,"
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) it): 220-222. 1912.
--, "Further considerations in regard to the classification of the order Thysanoptera,"
Ann. Mag. Nat. Ht'st. (10) 5: 571-575, 1930.
BRUES, C. T., and A. L. MELANDER, Classification of Insects, Harvard College, Cambridge,
pp. 1-672, 1121 figs., 13 refs., 1932.
DAVIDSON, J., and J. G. BALD, "Description and bionomics of Frankliniella insularis
Franklin (Thysanoptera)," Bull. Ent. Res. 21: 365-385, 7 figs., 1930.
DEGRYSR, J. J., and R. C. TREHERNE, "The male genital armature of Thysanoptera,"
Can. Ent. 66: 177-182, pI. 4., 1924.
EVANS, J. W., "The bionomics and economic importance of Thrips imaginis Bagnall
with special reference to its effect on apple production in Australia," Australian
Council Sci. Ind. Res. Pamph. 30: 1-48, 3 pis., 33 refs., 1932.
Fosnm, S. W., and JONES, P. R, "The life history and habits of the pear thrips in Cali·
fomia," U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 173: 1-52, 14 figs., 1915.
HALlDAY, A. H., "An epitome of the British genera in the order Thysanoptera, with
indication of a few of the species," En!. Mag. 3: 439-451, 1836.
HALL, W. J., "The South African citrus thrips in Southern Rhodesia," Brit. So, Africa
Co, Pub. 1: 1-55, 8 pIs., 35 refs., 1930.
1 Other gall-forming thrips occur in the genera Kladothrips Fr:oggatt, Choleothrips Moult.,
HaPlothrips Serville, EotMips Hood. and possibly others.