Aeolothrips brevicornis

Nomenclatural details

Aeolothrips brevicornis Bagnall, 1915: 317.

Aeolothrips variicornis Bagnall, 1932: 290. Synonymised by zur Strassen, 1993: 338

Aeolothrips brevicornis var. fuscus Moulton, 1936: 495.

Aeolothrips africanus Moulton, 1936: 495. Synonymised by Hartwig, 1952: 362.

Biology and Distribution

Described from South Africa in flowers. A. variicornis described from Tanzania on a single female

References

Bagnall RS (1915) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 15: 315-324.

Bagnall RS (1932) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. XIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)12: 624–631.

Moulton D (1936) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 17: 493-509.

Hartwig EK (1952) Taxonomic studies of South African Thysanoptera including genitalia, statistics and a revision of Trybom's types. Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agriculture South Africa 2 (11): 340-499.

zur Strassen R (1993) Chorologische, phänologische une taxonomische Studien an Terebrantia der Kapverden (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 335-380.

Type information

Holotype females of A. brevicornis, A. africanus and A. variicornis in The Natural History Museum, London.