Thrips discolor

Nomenclatural details

Thrips discolor Haliday, 1836: 449.
Thrips pallens Haliday, 1836: 450.
Thrips nubilans Hood, 1941: 148.

Biology and distribution

Described from England (T. discolor, T. pallens) and New York, USA (T. nubilans).

Distribution: Today Holarctic in distribution. Originally from Europe, excluding France and the Iberian Peninsula; introduced to North America.
This species occurs in grassy habitats and meadows, mainly on the leaves of Ranunculus repens [Ranunculaceae].

References

Haliday AH (1836) An epitome of the British genera in the Order Thysanoptera with indications of a few of the species. Entomological Magazine 3: 439–451.

Hood JD (1941) A century of new American Thysanoptera II. Revista de Entomologia 12: 139–243.

Nakahara S (1994) The genus Thrips Linnaeus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the New World. Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture 1822: 1–183.

Type information

Holotype (T. nubilans): National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Location of type material of T. discolor and T. pallens unknown.