Chirothrips kurdistanus

Nomenclatural details

Chirothrips kurdistanus zur Strassen, 1967: 49.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Malatya, Turkey taken in quarantine from Digitaria sp. seeds.

References

zur Strassen R (1967) New locality records and a new species of Chirothrips Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 69: 47–52.

Minaei K & Mound LA (2010) Grass-flower thrips of the genus Chirothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a key to species from Iran. Zootaxa 2411: 33–43.

Type information

Holotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.