Pselaphothrips pomeroyi

Nomenclatural details

Pselaphothrips pomeroyi Hood, 1916: 11.

Hoplandrothrips vuilleti Karny, 1920: 88.

Pselaphothrips hoodi Priesner, 1928: 52.

Acanthothrips (Dinacanthothrips) bidens Priesner, 1932: 202.

Acanthothrips (Dinacanthothrips) quadridens Priesner, 1932: 202.

Pselaphothrips nigeriensis Bagnall, 1934: 483.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Democratic Republic of the Congo (A. bidens, a. quadridens), Cameroon (H. vuilleti, P. pomeroyi) and Adio, Nigeria (P. nigriensis).

References

Hood (1916) Two new Thysanoptera from West Africa, with a note on the synonymy of the Phloeothripidae. Psyche 23: 6-12.

Karny H (1920) Die exotischen Tubuliferen (Thysanoptera) des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums (Berlin-Dahlem). Entomologische Mitteilungen 9: 88–94.

Priesner H (1928) Thysanopterologica III. Zoologisches Jahrbucher 56: 43–66.

Priesner H (1932) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 22 (2): 192–221.

Bagnall RS (1934) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)13: 481–498.

Type information

Holotype female (P. nigriensis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (P. pomeroyi), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntype female (H. vuilleti), Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt.