Phlaeothrips denticauda

Nomenclatural details

Phlaeothrips denticauda Priesner, 1914: 260

Biology and distribution

Described from Dult, Styria, Austria; under spruce bark.

Distribution: Rarely collected with only a few records. Reported from Austria, Hungary, Poland, Greece, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Also known from Germany.
This thrips lives on dead wood and very probably feeds by sucking on fungal hyphae.

References

Priesner H (1914) Neue Thysanopteren (Blasenfüsse) aus Österreich. Entomologische Zeitung, Frankfurt 27: 259–261; 265–266.

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

Type information

Holotype ♂: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main.