Machatothrips haplodon

Nomenclatural details

Machatothrips haplodon Karny, 1925: 141.

Machatothrips braueri var. buffai Karny, 1925: 142. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 135.

Machatothrips braueri f. spatiata Priesner, 1932: 341.Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 135.

Machatothrips simplicidens Bagnall, 1934: 490. Synonymised by Palmer & Mound, 1978: 194.

Biology and Distribution

From Congo and Uganda, also recorded from Ghana.

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(3): 320–344.

Bagnall RS (1934) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. XVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)13: 481–498.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 37: 153–215.

Type information

Holotype female in the Natural History Museum, London, also the holotype male of buffai; holotype female of simplicidens in Paris Museum; lectotype of spatiata in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.