Anaphothrips atroapterus

Nomenclatural details

Anaphothrips atroapterus Priesner, 1921: 27.
Anaphothrips crocea Priesner, 1926: 192.

Biology and distribution

Described from Hötting near Innsbruck, Austria (A. atroapterus) from flowers and from Simontornya, Hungary from Euphorbia gerardiana (A. crocea).

Distribution: Anaphothrips atroapterus is locally spread and not common. It is reported from France, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Georgia, Ukraine, and Russia. A. atroapterus is xerothermophilous and occurs in dry habitats where it is found on herbaceous species of Euphorbia, especially E. cyparissias and E. gerardiana.

References

Priesner H (1921) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Tirols nebst Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten. Zeitschrift des Österreichischen Entomologen-Vereins 6: 20–37.

Priesner H (1926) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung I-II. Wien: F. Wagner Verlag pp. 1–342.

Evdokarova TG & Vierbergen G (2023) Addition to the list of species of the genus Anaphothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Russia. Russian Entomological Journal 32 (2): 146–147.

Type information

Holotype ♀ (A. atroapterus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype ♀ (A. crocea), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.