extant species
Belothrips sordidus
Biology and distribution
Described from former Czechoslovakia.
Distribution: widespread over large areas of Continental Europe to Near East (with only one record only from Scandinavia, Sweden; Ulitzka unpublished)
Rubiothrips sordidus is living and breeding on bedstraw (Galium, Rubiaceae), particularlyon Galium moluggo and G. lucidum.
References
Uzel H (1895) Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera. Königrätz, Bohemia: pp. 1–472.
Mirab-balou M, Mound LA, Goldarazena A & Negiş İŞ (2025) The Palaearctic genus Belothrips Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with new synonyms and new combinations. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 387–394.
Type information
Unknown.