Megalurothrips usitatus (bean flower thrips)

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall, 1913)

Preferred Common Name

• bean flower thrips

Other Scientific Names

• Frankliniella nigricornis Schmutz
• Frankliniella obscuricornis Schmutz
• Frankliniella vitata Schmutz
• Physothrips usitatus Bagnall
• Physothrips usitatus var. cinctipennis Bagnall
• Taeniothrips longistylus Karny
• Taeniothrips nigricornis (Schultz)
• Taeniothrips usitatus

International Common Names

• English: bean thrips

EPPO code

• MEGTUS (Megalurothrips usitatus)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Thysanoptera
•                         Family: Thripidae
•                             Genus: Megalurothrips
•                                 Species: Megalurothrips usitatus

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

References

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Baltazar CR, 1968. Supplementary host list and checklist of Philippine plant pests. Philippine Journal of Science, 97(2):177-227

Chang NT, 1987. Seasonal abundance and developmental biology of thrips Megalurothrips usitatus on soybean at southern area of Taiwan. Plant Protection Bulletin, Taiwan, 29(2):165-173

Chang NT, 1988. Population trends of Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on adzuki bean and soybean examined by four sampling methods. Plant Protection Bulletin, Taiwan, 30(3):289-302

Chang NT, 1988. The preference of thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall), for three leguminous plants. Plant Protection Bulletin, Taiwan, 30(1):68-77; 12 ref.

Chang NT, 1988c. Sandwich cage used for the pupation of bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) larvae in laboratory. Plant Protection Bulletin, Taiwan, 52-57.

Chang NT, 1989. Impacts of soil physical factors on the pupation of bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Plant Protection Bulletin, Taiwan, 31(4):377-386

Chang NT, 1990. Ceranisus menes (Walker) (Eulophidae: Hymenoptera), a new parasite of bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera). Plant Protection Bulletin (Taipei), 32(3):237-238

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Chang NT, 1992. Dispersion patterns of bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall), (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on flowers of adzuki bean. Plant Protection Bulletin (Taipei), 34(1):41-53

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Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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