Belothrips ferrugineus

Nomenclatural details

Anaphothrips ferruginea Uzel, 1895: 143.
Anaphothrips litoralis Reuter, 1901: 44.
Anaphothrips adustus Priesner, 1920: 53.

Biology and distribution

Described from former Czechoslovakia (A. ferruginea), Finland (A. litoralis) and Austria (A. adustus).

Distribution: Widespread over Europe, commonly found in xerothermic habitats; there also in altitudes up to 1700m.
Rubiothrips ferrugineus is living and breeding on various species of Galium (Rubiaceae).

References

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

Reuter O.M. (1901) Thysanoptera fennica. Forteckning och beskrifning ofver Finska Thysanoptera. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Volume: xvii Issue: 2 69 pp.

Priesner H (1920) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Oberösterreichs. Jahresberichte Musem Francisco Carolinus 78: 50–63.

Mirab-balou M, Mound LA, Goldarazena A & Negiş İŞ (2025) The Palaearctic genus Belothrips Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with new synonyms and new combinations. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 387–394.