Scirtothrips bispinosus

Nomenclatural details

Dendrothrips bispinosus Bagnall, 1924: 455.

Scirtothrips sweetmani Bianchi, 1965: 23.

Scirtothrips titschacki Ananthakrishnan, 1965: 24.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Nilgiri Hills, Chickmagalur and Coorg, India from tea and coffee.

References

Bagnall RS (1924) On a new injurious thrips affecting tea in India. Bulletin of entomological Research 14: 455.

Bianchi FA (1965) A new Scirtothrips on coffee in India. Current Science 34: 23–25.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1965) Indian Terebrantia - II (Thysanoptera: Insecta). Bulletin of Entomology, India 6: 15–29.

Mound LA (1968) A new species of Scirtothrips from Kenya attacking tea, with synonymic notes on two related pest species. Bulletin of entomological Research 57: 533–538.

Type information

Lectotype female (D. bispinosus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (S. titschaki), unknown depositary; paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.