The Australia-New Zealand connection re-visited, with two new species of Cartomothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae)
Author
Mound, Laurence A.
Author
Walker, Annette K.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3487
58
64
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.211167
6630538f-e2a5-487b-994f-b1030a20143b
1175-5326
211167
CB60A279-FC68-4C4D-831D-6D74798F225B
Cartomothrips neboissi
Mound & Walker, 1982
(Figs 6, 10)
This species is common in south-eastern
Australia
, and has been taken infrequently in
New Zealand
, but only in North Island. It has been found breeding only within the seed capsules of the common myrtaceous shrub,
Kunzea ericoides
that is sometimes referred to both as
Leptospermum ericoides
and as
Baeckea phylicoides
. Adults however have been taken in low numbers from various other plants (
Mound & Walker 1986
), suggesting that these adults are dispersive in their behavior.