Megalothrips bonannii

Nomenklatural details

Megalothrips bonannii Uzel, 1895: 227.

Biology and distribution

Described from Czechia.

Distribution: Central Europe, but also Spain and Italy.
Megalothrips bonannii feeds on spores of various fungi on dead branches of Salix [Salicaceae] and Pinus [Pinaceae].

References

Uzel H (1895) Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera. Königrätz, Bohemia. pp. 1–472.

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.

Type information

Holotype ♂: locality unknown; possibly lost.