EPPO Global Database

Megalurothrips usitatus(MEGTUS)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, no details
Comments
Found across northern Australia, from Western Australia to Queensland and northern New South Wales.
References
* Bagnall RS (1916) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera-VII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 17, 214-222.

* INTERNET
OZ-THRIPS. Thysanoptera in Australia. Megalurothrips usitatus. http://www.ozthrips.org/terebrantia/thripidae/thripinae/megalurothrips-usitatus/ (last accessed 2022-02).

* Mirab-Balou M, Tong XL, Feng JN, Chen XX (2011) Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of China. Check List 7(6), 720–744. https://doi.org/10.15560/11009

* Reyes CP (1994) Thysanoptera (Hexapoda) of the Philippine Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 42(2), 107-507.