Neoheegeria gigantea

Nomenclatural details

Haplothrips giganteus Priesner, 1934: 279.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mersa Matrouh, Egypt in flowers of Cistanche lutea.

References

Priesner H (1934) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanoptera of Egypt, IX. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 18: 275–285.

Minaei K, Azemayeshfard P & Mound LA (2007) The southern Palaearctic genus Neoheegeria (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae): redefinition and key to species. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 150: 55–64.

Type information

Syntype, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.