Aeolothrips tenuicornis

Nomenclatural details

Aeolothrips tenuicornis Bagnall, 1926: 280

Aeolothrips anthyllidis Bagnall, 1932: 161. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 12.

Aeolothrips clavicornis Bagnall, 1934: 122. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 12.

Aelothrips bucheti Bagnall, 1934: 484. Synonymised by zur Strassen, 1996

Aeolothrips ghabni Priesner, 1938: 215. Synonymised by zur Strassen, 1996

Biology and Distribution

Widespread in Europe, living in flowers. A. ghabni described from Egypt.

References

Bagnall RS (1926) On some new British Thysanoptera. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 62: 279–285.

Bagnall RS (1932) On five new species of Thysanoptera from Great Britain. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 68: 161–165.

Bagnall RS (1934) Contributions towards a knowledge of the European Thysanoptera. V. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)14: 481–500.

Bagnall RS (1934) Contribution towards a knowledge of the genus Aeolothrips (Thysanoptera) with descriptions of new species The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 70: 120–127.

Priesner H (1938) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanoptera of Egypt, XI. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 21: 208–222.

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

zur Strassen R (1996) Neue daten zur Systematik und Verbreitung einiger west-paläarktischer Terebrantia-Arten (Thysanoptera). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 40: 111–118.

zur Strassen R (2003) Die terebranten Thysanopteren Europas und des Mittelmeer-Gebietes. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 74: 1–271.

Type information

Holotype (A. ghabni), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Lectotype females of all three Bagnall species, The Natural History Museum London.