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== Nomenclatural details ==
''Liothrips postocularis'' Karny, 1924: 134.

''Liothrips habitator'' Priesner, 1932: 193. 
== Biology and Distribution ==
Described from Kampala, Uganda, on ''Ficus'' sp. causing curling of margin underneath (''L. postocularis'') and Ituri, Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from leaf gall of ''Ficus'' (''L. habitator'').

== References ==
Karny H (1925) On some tropical Thysanoptera. ''Bulletin of entomological Research'' 16: 125–142.

Priesner H (1932) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo. ''Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine'' 22 (2): 192–221. 

zur Strassen R (1983) Thysanopterologische Notizen (6) (Insecta: Thysanoptera). ''Senckenbergiana biologica'' 63: 191–209.

zur Strassen R (1970) Eine neue ''Liothrips''-Art aus Aethiopien (Thysanoptera). ''Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental de l'Afrique Noire'' (A) 32: 824-831. 

== Type information ==
Holotype (''L. postocularis''), The Natural History Museum, London; paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt. 

Paratype female (''L. habitator''), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.


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