Megalurothrips sjostedti

megalurothrips sjostedti head & pronotum [L A Mound]

Megalurothrips sjostedti tergite VIII [L A Mound]

Megalurothrips sjostedti sternites VI-VII [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Physopus sjostedti Trybom, 1908: 3.

Physothrips variabilis Bagnall, 1913: 294.

Taeniothrips meridiana Moulton, 1936: 503.

Taeniothrips tenuis Moulton, 1936: 505.

Lundathrips inopinatus Bournier, 1979: 6.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Tanzania (P. sjostedti), Angola (L. inopinatus), Comoro islands, Seychelles (P. variabilis), Uganda (T. meridiana, T. tenuis),

References

Trybom F (1908) Physapoda. pp. 1–20 in Sjöstedt Physapoda, in Sjöstedt, Wissentschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru, und dem umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 XVI.

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

Moulton D (1936) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)17: 493–509.

Bournier A (1979) Thysanoptères d'Angola, VII. Garcia de Orta, Zoologia 8: 1–10.

Palmer JM (1987) Megalurothrips in the flowers of tropical legumes: a morphometric study. pp. 480–495 in In Holman J, Pelikan J, Dixon AFG & Weismann L. [eds] Population structure, genetics and taxonomy of aphids and Thysanoptera. The Hague: SPB Academic Publishing.

Type information

Holotype female (T. meridiana), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype (L. inopinatus), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; paratype male in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Lectotype female (P. variabilis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Syntype (P. sjostedti), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.