Melanthrips areolatus

Nomenclatural details

Melanthrips areolatus Priesner, 1936: 41.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Egypt, in various Chenopodiaceae flowers.

References

Priesner H (1936) A preliminary review of the non-fossil species of the genus Melanthrips Hal. (Thysanoptera). Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 20: 29–52.

Priesner H (1964) A monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian deserts. Publications de l’Institut Desert d’Egypte 13: 1-549.

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

Type information

Holotype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.