Haplothrips aculeatus

Nomenclatural details

Thrips aculeatus Fabricius, 1803: 312.
Phloeothrips albipennis Burmeister, 1836: 410.
Thrips frumentarius Beling, 1872: 651.
Phloeothrips oryzae Matsumura, 1899: 1.
Phloeothrips japonicus Matsumura, 1899: 3.
Anthothrips minor Karny, 1907: 50.
Haplothrips cephalotes Bagnall, 1913: 265.
Haplothrips funebris Priesner, 1928: 599.
Haplothrips crassicornis Priesner, 1928: 599.

Biology and distribution

Described from Austria (T. aculeatus, H. funebris, A. minor), Germany (P. albipennis, T. frumentarius), Japan (P. japonicus, P. oryzae), Hungary (H. crassicornis) and England (H. cephalotes).
Ubiquitous; however, mainly on grasses (“grass thrips”). H. aculeatus is a minor pest of cereals depending on the degree of crop infestation.

Corresponding plant damage

References

Fabricius (1803) Systema Rhyngotorum. 8 vo Brunsvigae. 1803: 312.

Burmeister (1836) Handbuch der Entomologie II. Berlin.

Beling (1872) Ein dem Getreide schädliches Insect. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien xxii 1872: 651.

Matsumura (1899) On two new species of Phlaeothrips. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses Volume 3 pp. 1-4.

Karny H (1907) Die Orthopterenfauna des Küstengebietes von Österreich-Ungarn. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 17–52.

Bagnall RS (1913) Descriptions of some new species of British Thysanoptera (Tubulifera). Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 49: 264–266.

Priesner H (1928) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung IV. Wien: F. Wagner Verlag pp. 569–755.

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka : Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Type information

Syntype (H. cephalotes): The Natural History Museum, London.