Aptinothrips elegans

Nomenclatural details

Aptinothrips elegans Priesner, 1924: 528.
Aptinothrips mediterraneus Priesner, 1926: 159.
Aptinothrips styligera Priesner, 1926: 160.

Biology and distribution

Described from Simontornya, Hungary from Lathyrus tuberosus (A. elegans) and Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Croatia from lawn (A. mediterraneus).

Distribution: ponto-mediterranean, but also in dry and warm habitats in Central Europe; also reported from southern Sweden and southern Norway. Aptinothrips elegans is xerophilous and lives on various grasses.
Specimens southern Europe have antennal segment II rather egg-shaped (forma mediterranea).

References

Priesner H (1924) Neue Thysanopteren. Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 133: 527–542.

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

Type information

Holotype ♀ (A. elegans): Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype ♂ (A. mediterraneus): Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.