extant species
Rhaphidothrips longistylosus
Biology and distribution
Described from former Czechoslovakia (R. longistylosa), Austria (R. hemimacroptera); introduced into the USA (Massachusetts: R. fuscipennis).
Distribution: Europe, in temperate regions only. Living on grases in glades and sparse forests.
References
Uzel H (1895) Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera. Königrätz, Bohemia: pp. 1–472.
Hinds WE (1902) Contribution to a monograph of the insects of the order Thysanoptera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23: 79–242.
Priesner H (1920) Beitrag sur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Oberösterreichs. Jahresberichte Musem Francisco Carolinus 78: 50–63.
Type information
Syntypes (R. longistylosa, R. fuscipennis): National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.