Eurynothrips magnicollis Bagnall, 1908

Mound, Laurence A. & Tree, Desley J., 2021, Eurynothrips Bagnall (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae): a rare and long-lost Australian genus, with one new gall-inducing species, Zootaxa 5005 (3), pp. 251-256 : 254-255

Eurynothrips magnicollis Bagnall

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Eurynothrips magnicollis Bagnall, 1908: 199 .

Eurynothrips denticollis Bagnall, 1908: 201 . Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 102

Described from “several specimens”, there remain 15 slides of this species in the Natural History Museum, London, including the Lectotypes of both magnicollis and denticollis . The original description was based on the dorsal view of dry, carded specimens. No mention was made of the cephalic ventral horn, but Bagnall subsequently (1932) examined a slide-mounted head and referred to the long horn that is directed ventrally and arises on the anterior area of the frons between the eyes ( Fig. 6 ). The published body lengths in the original description were from dry carded specimens; they are underestimates when compared to slide-mounted specimens.

Specimens studied. Australia, Queensland, Charters Towers , 1 male, 3 females on foliage, 1901 (F.P.Dodd) (in ANIC) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Eurynothrips species. Leaf galls on Planchonella pohlmaniana 1–5: (1) Young gall; (2) Galls on terminal leaves; (3) Adults wandering on gall surface; (4–5) Mature galls. (6) Head of E. magnicollis paralectotype, lateral view. (7) Head of E. laheyi paratype, lateral view.