Scolothrips longicornis

Nomenclatural details

Scolothrips longicornis Priesner, 1926: 239.
Scolothrips acariphagus Yakhontov, 1929: 273.

Biology and distribution

Described from Austria (S. longicornis) and Russia (S. acariphagus).

Distribution: Western Palaearctic; also reported from California, USA.
Scolothrips longicornis is found on many different plants which are infested with spider mites. It feeds predatorily on these mites and can be used as a beneficial species.
Females are macropterous, males hemimacropterous.

References

Priesner H (1926) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung I-II. Wien: F. Wagner Verlag. pp. 1–342.

Yakhontov VV (1929) Eine neue Thrips-Art der Gattung Scolothrips Hinds aus dem Buchara-Bezirk. Zoologisches Anzeiger 83: 273–274.

zur Strassen R (2000) Thysanopterologische Notizen (7) (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 44: 25–34.

zur Strassen R (2003) Die terebranten Thysanopteren Europas und des Mittelmeer-Gebietes. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 74: 1–271.

Mound LA (2011) Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, predators of leaf-feeding mites. Zootaxa 2797: 45–53.

Type information

Location unknown.