Mycterothrips consociatus

Nomenclatural details

Thrips (Euthrips) consociatus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1887: 425.
Physopus ulmifoliorum obscura Uzel, 1895: 123.
Physopus gracilicornis Coesfeld, 1898: 472.
Physothrips schillei Priesner, 1914: 192.
Taeniothrips trisetosa Priesner, 1922: 69.
Taeniothrips pallens Priesner, 1922: 69.
Rhopalandrothrips curticornis Priesner, 1926: 332.

Biology and distribution

Described from Italy (T. consociatus), Germany from birch leaves (P. gracilicornis), former Czechoslovakia (P. obscura) and Austria (P. schillei, T. pallens, T. trisetosa, R. curticornis).

Distribution: Euro-Siberian; also recorded from China and Japan (from Quercus sp., Alnus hirsute, A. firma, Betula platyphylla and Senecio cannabifolius). Mycterothrips consociatus is breeding on deciduous trees, particularly on Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Quercus and Salix.

References

Targioni-Tozzetti (1887) Notizie sommarie di due specie di Cecidomidei, una consocociata ad un Phytoptus, ad altri acari e ad una Thrips in alcune galle del Nocciola (Corylus avellana L.), una gregaria sotto la scorza dei rami di Olivi, nello stato larvale. Bollettino della Società Entomologica italiana 18(4) 419–431.

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

Coesfeld (1898) Beiträge zur Verbeitung der Thysanopteren. Abhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein zu Bremen: 14(3): 472.

Priesner H (1914) Beitrag zur Thysanopteren-Fauna Oberösterreichs und der Steiermark. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 33: 186–196.

Priesner H (1922) Beiträge zur Lebensgeschichte der Thysanopteren. II. Rhopalandrothrips obscurus (Uz.), Taeniothrips salicis (Rt.) und Taeniothrips dianthi Pr . Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 131 : 67–75.

Priesner H (1926) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung I-II. Wien: F. Wagner Verlag pp. 1–342.

Masumoto M & Okajima S (2006) A revision of and key to the world species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 1261: 1–90.