Scirtothrips inermis

Scirtothrips inermis - head & pronotum [image by Manfred Ulitzka]

Nomenclatural details

Scirtothrips inermis Priesner, 1933: 186.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Canary islands. Recorded from California USA, New Zealand and South Australia from a wide range of unrelated trees and herbs; reported in southern England in association with Laurus nobilis.

References

Priesner H (1933) E. Titschack's Thysanopterenausbeute von den Canarischen Inseln. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 94: 177–211.

Hoddle M & Mound LA (2004) The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 268: 1–4.

Mound LA, Collins DW & Hastings A (2018) Thysanoptera Britannica et Hibernica - Thrips of the British Isles. Lucidcentral.org, Identic Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia. [1]

Type information

Unknown.