Anaphothrips gracillimus

Nomenclatural details

Anaphothrips gracillimus Priesner, 1923: 82.
Anaphothrips debilis Bagnall, 1927: 568. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 20.
Anaphothrips johni Bagnall, 1933: 653. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 20.
Anaphothrips maculatus Hukkinen, 1937: 137.
Anaphothrips brachyptera Hukkinen, 1937: 3.

Biologie und Verbreitung

Described from Austria (A. gracillimus), Finland (A. brachyptera, A. maculatus) and France (A. debilis, A. johni).

Distribution: Europe, including northern countries (Finland, Norway), east to Russia. Anaphothrips gracillimus is a hydrophilic species; which is locally spread and found in sparse forests and at forest edges. It is living and breeding on grasses, especially Calamagrostis epigeios (Poaceae).

References

Priesner H (1923) Neue europäische Thysanopteren (II). Konowia 2: 82–85.

Bagnall RS (1927) Contributions towards a knowledge of the European Thysanoptera II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 (19): 564–575.

Bagnall RS (1933) Contributions towards a knowledge of the European Thysanoptera IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 (11): 647–661.

Hukkinen & Syrjanen (1937) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Finnlands. Annales Entomologici Fennici 3: 1–12, 164–166, 204–211.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall’s Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 11: 1–181.

Type information

Paratype ♀ (A. gracillimus): Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Lectotype ♀ (A. debilis, A. johni): The Natural History Museum, London.