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

Described from Democratic Republic of the Congo (M. simplicidens, M. spatiata) and Uganda (M. haplodon, M. buffai). 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 (M. haplodon), Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype male (M. buffai), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (M. simplicidens), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Lectotype (M. spatiata), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.