extant species
Chirothrips molestus
Biology and distribution
Described from Marchtrenk, Austria.
Distribution: Widespread in Eurasia, but only occurring locally in warm habitats. Chirothrips molestus is living and breeding on various grasses (Poaceae), with a preference of Agropyron sp.
References
Priesner H (1926) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung I-II. Wien: F. Wagner Verlag. pp. 1–342.
zur Strassen R (1960) Key to and catalogue of the known species of Chirothrips Haliday, 1836 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 144–176.
zur Strassen R (1963) Beschreibung neuer und seltener Chirothrips-Arten (Ins., Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 44: 397–416.
Minaei K & Mound LA (2010) Grass-flower thrips of the genus Chirothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a key to species from Iran. Zootaxa 2411: 33–43.
Type information
Syntypes: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.