Ceratothripoides brunneus

Nomenclatural details

Ceratothripoides brunneus Bagnall, 1918: 201.

Physothrips marshalli Bagnall, 1918: 66.

Physothrips ventralis Hood, 1918: 116. Synonym for C. brunneus.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Aburi, Ghana from cola shoots and leaves (C. brunneus) and Hibiscus sinensis (P. marshalli) and Cameroon from Aconitum napellus (P. ventralis). Since year 2000 this species has been seen from Caribbean countries also Ecuador as well as Malaysia.

References

Bagnall RS (1918) On the rubber thrips (Physothrips funtumiae Bagn.) and its allies. Bulletin of entomological Research 9: 65–70.

Bagnall RS (1918) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera IX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)1: 201–221.

Mound LA & Nickle DA (2009) The Old-World genus Ceratothripoides (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with a new genus for related New-World species. Zootaxa 2230: 57–63.

Type information

Holotype female (C. brunneus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype female (P. ventralis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntypes, (P. marshalli), The Natural History Museum, London.