Craspedothrips xanthocerus

Craspedothrips xanthocerus head and antenna [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips xanthocerus Hood, 1916: 131.

Plesiopsothrips carvalhoi Bournier, 1974: 156. Synonymised by Mound, Masumoto & Okajima, 2012: 60.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Uganda (P. xanthocerus) and Dundo Angola (P. carvalhoi).

References

Hood JD (1916) A new Physothrips (Thysanoptera) from Uganda, with a note on Physothrips antennatus Bagnall. Canadian Entomologist 48: 130–132.

Bournier A (1974) Thysanoptères de l'Angola, VI. Publicaçoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 88: 151–166.

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

Holotype female (P. xanothocerus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (P. carvalhoi), Dundo Museum, Angola.