Thermothrips mohelensis

Nomenclatural details

Anaphothrips (Thermothrips) mohelensis Pelikán, 1949: 38.

Biology and distribution

Described from former Czechoslovakia from Galium verum (Rubiaceae).
Distribution: Sporadic populations in dry steppe-like graslands. Extremely rare; reported from former Czechoslovakia, Germany, Iran, Poland, Slowenia, Russia (European Part and East Siberia) and Turkey.

Xerophilous species breeding on Galium (Rubiaceae).

References

Pelikán J (1949) A new subgenus and species of Thysanoptera from Czechoslovakia. Entomologické Listy (Folia Entomologica) 12: 37-41.

Kucharczyk H (2008) The first record of Thermothrips mohelensis Pelikán, 1949 (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Slovenia. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade 1: 173–177.

Ulitzka MR (2019) Erstnachweis des Fransenflüglers Thermothrips mohelensis Pelikán, 1949 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Deutschland. Mitteilungen des Thüringer Entomologenverbandes e. V. 26 (2): 64–71.  LINK

Ulitzka MR, Evdokarova TG & Moritz G (2020) Description of the second instar larva of Thermothrips mohelensis Pelikán, 1949 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Zootaxa 4858 (1): 105–110.