Compsothrips congoensis

Nomenclatural details

Oedaleothrips congoensis Hood, 1952: 204.

Biology and distribution

Described from Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Distribution: Little known; recorded also from Namibia and from India.
Species of Compsothrips are ant-mimicking fungus feeders.

References

Hood JD (1952) A new Oedaleothrips from the Belgian Congo. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine. 45: 204–209.

Stannard, L.J. (1979) A Synopsis of Some Ant-Mimicking Thrips, with Special Reference to the American Fauna (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49, 1–17. 

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174.