Thrips gowdeyi
Nomenclatural details
Ceratothrips gowdeyi Bagnall, 1919: 254.
Physothrips neavei Karny, 1925: 129. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 57.
Taeniothrips debilis Hood, 1925: 136. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 57.
Taeniothrips modestus Hood, 1925: 134. Synonymised by Mound, 2010: 8.
Physothrips gowdeyi Bagnall, 1926: 105.
Taeniothrips umtali Moulton, 1930: 203. Synonymised by Mound, 2010: 8.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Uganda (C. gowdeyi, P. gowdeyi, P. neavei), Cameroon (T. modestus), Nigeria (T. debilis) and Zimbabwe (T. umtali).
References
Bagnall RS (1919) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera X. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)4: 253–277.
Hood JD (1925) Four new Thysanoptera from Africa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 27: 8–12.
Hood JD (1925) New species of Taeniothrips (Thysanoptera), from Africa. The Entomologist 58: 132–139.
Karny H (1925) On some tropical Thysanoptera. Bulletin of entomological Research 16: 125–142.
Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 98–114.
Moulton D (1930) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)5: 194–207.
Mound LA (2010) Species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region. Zootaxa 2423: 1–24.
Type information
Holotype female (C. gowdeyi), The Natural History Museum, London.
Holotype female (P. neavei), The Natural History Museum, London.
Holotype (T. modestus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Holotype (T. debilis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Holotype (T. umtali), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.
Syntype (P. gowdeyi), The Natural History Museum, London.