Thrips speratus

Nomenclatural details

Thrips brunneus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, 1968: 359. [Not Thrips brunneus Ishida] Synonymised by zur Strassen, 2003: 151.

Thrips speratus zur Strassen, 1978: 241.

Thrips emulatus Ananthakrishnan, 1979: 492. Replacement name for brunneus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish, not brunneus Ishida.

Described from Namibia (T. speratus) and Madras, India from Cynachum alatum leaves (T. brunneus/T. emulatus) .

Ananthakrishnan TN & Jagadish A (1968) Studies on the species of the genus Thrips from India - II. Entomologische Zeitschrift 15: 359–365.

zur Strassen R (1978) Eine neue Thrips-Art aus Sudwest-Afrika (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 59: 241–245.

Ananthakrishnan (1979) The terebrantian Thysanoptera described by M. Ishida in Japan and the vicinity. Kontyu 47(4): 487-492.

zur Strassen R (2003) Die terebranten Thysanopteren Europas und des Mittelmeer-Gebietes. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 74: 1-271.

Mound LA (2010) Species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region. Zootaxa 2423: 1–24.

Holotype female of speratus, also paratype of brunneus in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.