Scolothrips tenuipennis

Nomenclatural details

Scolothrips tenuipennis zur Strassen, 1965: 30.

Biology and Distribution

Described originally from a single male taken in the Canary Islands from a grass tussock. Subsequently, the species was recorded from the Cape Verde Islands. Also, female was described from Iran.

References

zur Strassen R (1965) Einige neue terebrante Thysanopteren-Arten von den Kanarischen Inseln (Ins., Thysanoptera). Commentationes biologicae Societas scientiarus fennica 28: 3–41.

Mound LA (2011) Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, predators of leaf-feeding mites. Zootaxa 2797: 45–53.

Minaei K & Abdollahi M (2015) Predators of leaf-feeding mites, Scolothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), in Iran with first description of the female of Scolothrips tenuipennis. Zoology and Ecology 25: 63-66.

Type information

Holotype male, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.