Phlaeothrips pillichianus

Nomenclatural details

Phlaeothrips pillichianus Priesner, 1924: 7

Biology and distribution

Described from Simontornya, Hungary; sieved from moss and oak bark.

Distribution: Central and Eastern Europe, however, local and rare. Reported from Hungary, Bulgaria (Ulitzka unpublished), Germany, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and the Czech Republic (former Moravia). In Germany, P. pillichianus has only been recorded at five locations (Ahrschleife nature reserve near Altenahr; Sachsenwald, east of Hamburg; Gravenbruch, south of Frankfurt a. M.; Marburg a.d. Lahn and Holzhausen, Wachsenburg, Thuringia).
Phlaeothrips pillichianus is breeding on dead branches and presumably feeding on the hyphae of unidentified fungi.

References

Priesner H (1924) Neue Phlaeothripiden (Thys.) aus Ungarn. Entomologische Zeitschrift Frankfurt a. M. 37 (21/22): 2–9.

zur Strassen R (1967) Daten zur Thysanopterenfaunistik des Rhein-Main-Gebietes (Ins., Thysanoptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 48, 83–116.

zur Strassen R (1993) Fransenflügler (Insecta: Thysanoptera) im Naturschutzgebiet “Ahrschleife bei Altenahr” und in einer benachbarten Weinbergsbrachfläche. Beiträge zur Landespflege Rheinland-Pfalz 16, 359–381.

Marullo R & de Grazia A. (2013) Territorial distribution, classification and relationships amongst Italian Thysanoptera. Bulletin of Insectology 66, 127–134.

Type information

Holotype ♀: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.