Phlaeothrips coriaceus

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips coriaceus Haliday, 1836: 442.
Phloeothrips ulmi Heeger, 1852: 126.
Phloeothrips simillima Reuter, 1880: 18.

Biology and distribution

Described from England (P. coriaceus), Finland (P. simillima) and Austria (P. ulmi).

Distribution: Widespread across Europe to Iran and across North America.
Breeding on dead branches and tree trunks of various angiosperm trees, and presumably feeding on fungal hyphae.

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.

Reuter OM (1880) Thysanoptera Fennica I. Tubulifera. Bidrag till kännedom om Finlands natur och folk. 40: 1-26.

Ulitzka MR (2024) Revision der europäischen Phlaeothrips-Arten (Insecta: Thysanoptera) mit neuen Nachweisen. Vernate 43: 85–96.

Type information

Syntype (P. simillima), Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki.