Pezothrips pediculae

Nomenclatural details

Taeniothrips pediculae Han, 1988: 179.

Yaothrips shii Mirab-Balou, Wei, Lu & Chen, 2011: 47. Synonymised by Mirab-balou et al. 2015.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Tibet; shii described from Dangxiong county, Lhasa city, Tibet from grasses.

References

Han (1988) Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae, Thripidae, Phlaeothripidae. Pp 177-191 in Huang Fu-Sheng [eds] Insects of Mt. Namjagbarwa Region of Xizang. Science Press, Beijing.

Mirab-Balou M, Wei S-J, Lu H & Chen X-X (2011) Yaothrips shii gen. et sp. n. from western China (Thripidae: Thripinae). Zootaxa 2900: 46–50.

Mound LA, Azidah AA & Ng YF (2012) Key to the non-fossil species of the genus Taeniothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 3414: 33-42.

Mirab-balou M, Mound LA & Tong XL (2015) New combinations and a new generic synonym in the genus Taeniothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Zootaxa 3964 (3): 371–378.

Tong X & Liu L (2019) Yaothrips as a new synonym of Pezothrips, with description of the male of Pezothrips pediculae comb.n. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Zootaxa 4646 (3): 598–600.

Type information

Unknown. Holotype female of shii, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.