Holothrips schaubergeri

Nomenclatural details

Trichothrips schaubergeri Priesner, 1920: 86.
Cratothrips priesneri Bagnall, 1933: 658.
Bolothrips lativerticis Post, 1961: 141.

Biology and distribution

Described from Oregon, USA from hollow twigs (B. lativerticis) and from Austria (C. priesneri, T. schaubergeri)

Distribution: Europe without southern regions, Near East. Introduced into the USA.
Fungus-feeder on dead branches.

References

Priesner H (1920) Kurze Beschreibung neuer Thysanopteren aus Österreich. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 129: 71–88.

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

Post (1961) Five new Oregon Thysanoptera. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 37: 137-143.

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

Okajima S (1987) Studies on the old world species of Holothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 54: 1–74.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

Type information

Holotype (B. lativerticis): California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype (C. priesneri): The Natural History Museum, London.