Lefroyothrips lefroyi

Lefroyothrips lefroyi female

Head and pronotum of Lefroyothrips lefroyi from Camellia sinensis in Guangdong

metanotum

Nomenclatural details

Physothrips lefroyi Bagnall, 1913: 292.

Taeniothrips cuscutae Priesner, 1938: 500.

Taeniothrips (Lefroyothrips) theiphilus Priesner, 1938: 501.

Taeniothrips devii Arora & Bhatti, 1960: 141. Synonym by Bhatti, 1978: 195.

Described from India (P. lefroyi, T. devii) and Java, Indonesia (T. theiphilus, T. cuscutae).

Bagnall RS (1913) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12: 290–299.

Priesner H (1938) Materialen zu einer Revision der Taeniothrips-Arten (Thysanoptera) des indomalayischen Faunengebietes. Treubia 16: 469–526.

Arora GL & Bhatti JS (1960) Taeniothrips devii sp.nov. from Hoshiarpur. Research Bulletin (New Series) of the Punjab University 11: 141–145.

Bhatti JS (1978) A preliminary revision of Taeniothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Oriental Insects 12 (2), 157-199.

Syntype (P. lefroyi), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (T. cuscutae), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.