Allothrips africanus

Nomenclatural details

Allothrips africanus Faure, 1933: 57.

Allothrips pillichellus africanus (Faure); Mound 1972: 34.

Biology and Distribution

Described from several localities in South Africa, this was regarded by Mound (1972) as a sub-species of the European pillichellus.

References

Faure JC (1933) New genera and species of Thysanoptera from South Africa. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 28: 1–75.

Mound LA (1972) Polytypic species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genus Allothrips Hood (Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 23-36.

Type information

Holotype female, South African National Insect Collection, Pretoria.