Elaphrothrips stenocephalus

Nomenclatural details

Dicaiothrips stenocephalus Bagnall, 1914: 288.

Elaphrothrips nigrospinosus Bagnall, 1932: 515. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 99.

Elaphrothrips atrispinus Bagnall, 1935: 135. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 99.

Elaphrothrips variispinis Bagnall, 1935: 137. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 99.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Tanzania.

References

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13: 287–297.

Bagnall RS (1932) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10: 505–520.

Bagnall RS (1935) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanopterous genus Elaphrothrips Buffa II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)15: 130–146.

Type information

Holotype male (D. stenocephalus, E. nigrospinosus and E. atrispinus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (E. variispinis), The Natural History Museum, London.