Craspedothrips hargreavesi

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips hargreavesi Karny, 1925: 127.

Taeniothrips crassiconus Moulton, 1930: 204. Synonymised by zur Strassen, 1966: 443.

Mycterothrips fuscus Priesner, 1936: 87. Synonymised by zur Strassen, 1966: 443.

Plesiopsothrips zurstrasseni Bournier, Bournier & Pivot, 1976: 481. Synonymised by Mound, Masumoto & Okajima, 2012: 53.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Uganda (P. hargreavesi), Yegi, Ghana (T. crassiconus), Sudan (M. fuscus) and Madagascar (zurstrasseni).

References

Karny H (1925) On some tropical Thysanoptera. Bulletin of entomological Research 16: 125–142.

Moulton D (1930) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)5: 194–207.

Priesner H (1936) On some further new Thysanoptera from the Sudan. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 20: 83–104.

zur Strassen R (1966) Craspedothrips, eine neue aethiopische Thripiden-Gattung (Ins., Thysanoptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 47: 443–446.

Bournier A, Bournier J-P & Pivot Y (1976) Thysanoptères de Madagascar, III. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 12: 481–490.

Mound LA, Masumoto M & Okajima S (2012) The Palaeotropical genus Craspedothrips, with new species from Africa and Malaysia (Thysanoptera, Thripinae). Zootaxa 3478: 49-61.

Type information

Paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt. Holotype female of crassiconus in California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; holotype female of fuscus in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.