Rhipiphorothrips miemsae

Nomenclatural details

Rhipiphorothrips miemsae Jacot-Guillarmod, 1937: 10.

Rhipiphorothrips jacoti Priesner, 1939: 161.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Zambia from Brachystegia filiformis (R. miemsae) and South Africa from Combretum sp. (R. jacoti).

References

Jacot-Guillarmod CF (1937) Ten new species of Thysanoptera and a catalogue of the known South African forms. Publications of the University of Pretoria (Series II, Natural Science) 3: 1–62.

Priesner H (1939) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo (6. Beitrag). Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 32: 154–175.

Type information

Holotype female (R. miemsae), Albany Museum, Grahamstown; holotype female of jacoti in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.