Tenothrips frici

Nomenclatural details

Physopus frici Uzel, 1895: 126.
Euthrips dalmatica Karny, 1907: 45.
Euthrips pallidicornis Karny, 1907: 45.
Physothrips brevicornis Bagnall, 1916: 220.
Physothrips blacki Watson, 1919: 32.
Taeniothrips frici f. alba Priesner, 1926: 291.
Taeniothrips pallidivestis Priesner, 1926: 291.
Taeniothrips frici f. adusta Knechtel, 1945: 457.
Taeniothrips frici f. fulva Knechtel, 1945: 457.
Taeniothrips persimilis Priesner, 1954: 51.
Taeniothrips cibiniensis Knechtel, 1965: 133.
Taeniothrips (Tenothrips) alis Bhatti, 1967: 18.

Biology and distribution

Described from former Czechoslovakia (P. frici), Austria (E. dalmatica, E. pallidicornis, T. alba), Australia (P. brevicornis), Oregon USA (P. blacki), India (T. alis), Romania (T. adusta, T. fulva, T. cibiniensis), Hungary (T. pallidivestis) and Iran (T. persimilis).

Distribution: Tenothrips frici is widespread and common across the Western Palearctic, with a focus on southern areas. It has been introduced around the world, to Western USA, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Hawaii, Pakistan, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. It may be characterised as euryecious, and is living polyphagously in flowers of many different plants, with a preference for yellow flowering Asteraceae.

References

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

Karny H (1907) Die Orthopterenfauna des Küstengebietes von Österreich-Ungarn. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 17–52.

Bagnall RS (1916) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera VII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)17: 213–223.

Watson JR (1919) A new Physothrips from Oregon. Florida Buggist 3: 32.

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

Knechtel (1945) Neue Blattläuse für Rumänien. Bulletin de la Section Scientifique de l’Académie Roumaine 27: 457–459.

Priesner H (1954) On some Thysanoptera from Persia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 7: 49–57.

Bhatti JS (1967) Thysanoptera nova Indica. Published by the author, Delhi. pp. 1–24.

zur Strassen R (1978) Thysanopterologische Notizen (4) (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 58: 185–202.

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

Type information

Holotype ♀ (T. alis): Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.

Syntypes ♀ (P. brevicornis): The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype ♀ (T. persimilis): unknown depositary.

Holotype  (P. frici): unknown depositary.