Machatothrips braueri

Nomenclatural details

Machatothrips braueri Karny, 1921: 23.

Machatothrips braueri f. karnyi Priesner, 1932: 340.

Machatothrips multidens Bagnall, 1934: 487. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 134.

Machatothrips paucidens Bagnall, 1934: 489. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 134.

Machatothrips paucidens var. bicolorisetosus Bagnall, 1934: 489. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 134.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Cameroon (M. braueri), Aburio, Ghana in Cacao moth borer tunnels (M. multidens, M. plaucidens), Sierra Leone (M. bicolorisetosus) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (M. karnyi).

References

Karny H (1912) Ueber einige afrikanische Thysanopteren. Fauna Exotica (6)2: 22–24.

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.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.

Type information

Holotype female (M. braueri), Humboldt University Museum, Berlin.

Lectotype females (M. multidens, M. paucidens, M. bicolorisetosus), The Natural History Museum, London.