Prosopothrips nigriceps

Prosopothrips nigriceps head & pronotum [image by Godwin Degabriele, Malta]

Nomenclatural details

Prosopothrips nigriceps Bagnall, 1927: 570.

Prosopothrips matrouhensis Priesner, 1965: 277. Synonym (zur Strassen, 2000).

Prosopothrips salloumensis Priesner, 1965: 277.

Described from France (P. nigriceps) and Egypt (P. matrouhensis, P. salloumensis). Recorded from Cyprus (P. salloumensis).

Bagnall RS (1927) Contributions towards a knowledge of the European Thysanoptera III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20: 561–585.

Priesner H (1965) A monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian deserts. Publications de la Institut Desert Egypte 13: 1–549.

zur Strassen R (2000) Thysanopterologische Notizen (7) (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 44: 25–34.

Syntype female (P. nigriceps), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (P. matrouhensis), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (P. salloumensis), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.