Elaphrothrips spiniceps

Nomenclatural details

Elaphrothrips spiniceps Bagnall, 1932: 514.

Elaphrothrips graveleyi Bagnall, 1934: 628.

Elaphrothrips clarispinis Priesner, 1935: 247.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Java, Indonesia (E. clarispinis) and India (E. spiniceps and E. graveleyi).

References

Bagnall RS (1932) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10: 505–520.

Bagnall RS (1934) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanopterous genus Elaphrothrips Buffa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)13: 627–636.

Priesner H (1935) Indomalayische Thysanopteren VI. Konowia. 14: 58–339.

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 females (E. spiniceps, E. graveleyi), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype male (E. clarispinis), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.