Hydatothrips boerhaaviae

Nomenclatural details

Sericothrips (Hydatothrips) boerhaaviae Seshadri & Ananthakrishnan, 1954: 210.

Sericothrips arenarius Priesner, 1965: 244.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Agra, India from Boerhaavia sp. (S. boerhaaviae) and Egypt (S. arenarius).

References

Seshadri A & Ananathakrishnan TN (1954) Some new Indian Thysanoptera - 1. Indian Journal of Entomology 16: 210–226.

Priesner H (1965) A monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian deserts. Publications de la Institut Desert Egypte 13: 1–549.

zur Strassen R (2003) Die terebranten Thysanopteren Europas und des Mittelmeer-Gebietes. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 74: 1–271.

Wang C-L (2007) Hydatothrips and Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of East and South Asia with three new species from Taiwan. Zootaxa 1575: 47–68.

Type information

Holotype female (S. boerhaaviae), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata; holotype female of arenarius in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.