Priesneriella

Genus information

Priesneriella Hood, 1927: 198. Type species Priesneriella citricauda Hood, by monotypy.

Pygidiothrips Hood, 1938: 389. Type species Pygidiothrips seminole Hood, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 32.

Parallothrips Hood, 1939: 602. Type species Parallothrips thomasi Hood, by monotypy. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 32.

Embothrips Dyadechko, 1961: 688. Type species Embothrips tubversicolor Dyadechko, by monotypy. Synonymised by Dyadechko, 1964: 307.

Biology and Distribution

At least eight species found widely around the world, on dead twigs.

References

Hood JD (1927) New western Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 197–204.

Hood JD (1938) New Thysanoptera from Florida and North Carolina. Revista de Entomologia 8: 348–420.

Hood JD (1939) New north American Thysanoptera, principally from Texas. Revista de Entomologia 10: 550–619.

Dyadechko NP (1961) A new thrips species Embothrips tubversicolor sp.nov. (Thysanoptera). Dopovidi Akademie Nauk Ukrayin'skoi RSR Kiev 1961(5): 688-690.

Dyadechko NP (1964) Thrips (Thysanoptera) of the European part of the U.S.S.R. Kiev, pp. 387.

Mound LA (2007) New Australian spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Zootaxa 1604: 53–68.

Species

Priesneriella citricauda Hood, 1927

Priesneriella clavicornis (Knechtel, 1936)

Priesneriella gnomus Mound & Palmer, 1983

Priesneriella luctator (zur Strassen, 1966)

Priesneriella mavromoustakisi (Crawford JC, 1948)

Priesneriella seminole (Hood, 1938)

Priesneriella thomasi (Hood, 1939)

Priesneriella tubversicolor (Dyadechko, 1961)