Sphaeropothrips vittipennis

Sphaeropothrips vittipennis female head and basal antennal segments

Nomenclatural details

Baliothrips vittipennis Bagnall, 1927: 574.

Sphaeropothrips inauditus Priesner, 1928: 322.

Ednathrips pardus Bhatti, 1976: 320.

Biology and Distribution

Described from France (B. vittipennis), India (E. pardus) and Poland (S. inauditus). Recorded from Japan and Iran.

References

Bagnall RS (1927) Contributions towards a knowledge of the European Thysanoptera III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20: 561–585.

Priesner H (1928) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der euräischen Thysanopteren. Konowia 7: 322–325.

Bhatti JS (1976) Some new Indian Thripidae (Thysanoptera). Oriental Insects 10: 317–326.

Bhatti JS & Mound LA (1981) The genera of grass and cereal-feeding Thysanoptera related to the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Bulletin of Entomology, India 21 (1980): 1–22.

Type information

Holotype female (S. inauditus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (B. vittipennis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (E. pardus), unknown depositary.