Thrips minutissimus

Nomenclatural details

Thrips minutissimus Linnaeus, 1758: 457.

Thrips obscura Coesfeld, 1898: 473.

Bagnallia variabilis Williams, 1913: 227.

Thrips evestigatus Oettingen, 1944: 41.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sweden (T. minutissimus), Germany (T. obscura), England (B. variabilis) and Lithuania (T. evestigatus). Widely spread in Europe.

References

Linnaeus C (1758) Systema Naturae. Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii. 10th Edition pp. 1–823.

Coesfeld (1898) Beiträge zur Verbeitrung Thysanopteren. Abhandlung Naturwissenschaftlichen Verhandlungen Bremen 14: 469-474.

Williams (1913) Records and descriptions of British Thysanoptera. Journal of Economic Entomology 8: 216-230.

Oettingen (1944) Beiträge zur Systematik und Biologie einiger Thysanopteren-arten 4. Beshcreibung einiger neuer Thysanopteren aus Mitteleuropa. Arbeitung über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie 1: 1-42.

Type information

Syntype (Bagnallia variabilis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.