Limothrips denticornis

Nomenclatural details

Thrips (Limothrips) denticornis Haliday, 1836: 445.
Thrips kollari Heeger, 1852: 484.
Thrips (Limothrips) bidens Reuter, 1879: 212.
Thrips secalina Lindeman, 1887: 301.
Limothrips adustus Priesner, 1920: 52
Limothrips incertis Bagnall, 1926: 462.

Biology and distribution

Described from England (T. denticornis), Austria (T. kollari, L. adustus), Finland (T. bidens), Russia (T. secalina) and France (L. incertis). Recorded from North America and Australia.

Living in the leaf sheath of different grasses, including cereals. Crop pest in corn fields. Females exhibit mass flights in summer (thunderbugs); males are wingless.

Corresponding plant damage

References

Haliday AH (1836) An epitome of the British genera in the Order Thysanoptera with indications of a few of the species. Entomological Magazine 3: 439–451.

Heeger E (1852) Beiträge zur Insekten-Fauna Osterrreichs. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 9: 473-490.

Reuter OM (1879) Diagnoser öfver nya Thysanoptera från Finland. Översigt af Finska Veenskaps-societetens Förhandlinger 21 (1878-1879): 207-223.

Lindeman K (1887) Die am Getreide lebenden Thrips-Arten Mittelrusslands. Bulletin of Moscow Society of Naturalists 4: 296-337.

Priesner H (1920) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Oberösterreichs. Jahresberichte Museum Francisco Carolinus 78: 50–63.

Bagnall RS (1926) Contributions towards a knowledge of the European Thysanoptera I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 641–661.

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

Type information

Lectotype ♀ (L. incertis): The Natural History Museum, London.