Chirothrips pretorianus

Nomenclatural details

Chirothrips pretorianus Hood, 1953: 110.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Pretoria, South Africa. Recorded from Kenya.

References

Hood JD (1953) Two new species of Chirothrips new to Africa (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 47: 108–119.

zur Strassen R (1960) Key to and catalogue of the known species of Chirothrips Haliday, 1836 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 144–176.

Type information

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