Phibalothrips peringueyi

Nomenclatural details

Reticulothrips peringueyi Faure, 1925: 145.

Phibalothrips basis Chen, 1981: 123.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Pretoria, South Africa on grass (R. peringueyi) and Chutyuhu, Taipei City, Taiwan from grass (P. basis).

References

Faure JC (1925) A new genus and five new species of South African Thysanoptera. South African Journal of Natural History 5: 143–166.

Chen L-S (1981) Studies on the Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Taiwan. Plant Protection Bulletin (Taiwan) 23: 117–130.

Kudo I (1992) Panchaetothripinae in Japan (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) 1. Panchaetothripini, the genera other than Helionothrips. Japanese Journal of Entomology 60: 109–125.

Type information

Holotype female (R. peringueyi), National Collection of Insects, Pretoria; paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (P. basis), Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute.