Tmetothrips subapterus

Nomenclatural details

Thrips subaptera Haliday, 1836: 450
Pachythrips phaeoptera Schille, 1912: 236

Biology and distribution

Described from Great Britain (T. subaptera) and Rytro, Galicia, Poland (P. phaeoptera).

Distribution: Widespread, but only locally found in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in parts of Scandinavia; introduced into North America. Tmetothrips subapterus is found in grasslands on leaves of Cerastium, Stellaria [Caryophylaceae] and Galium [Rubiaceae].
Females rarely fully winged, males always micropterous.

References

Gertsson C-A (2015) An annotated checklist of Thysanoptera (thrips) from the Nordic countries. Entomologisk Tidskrift 136 (4): 185–198.

Hoebeke ER & Wheeler AG (1983) Exotic insects reported new to northeastern United States and eastern Canada since 1970. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91: 193–222.

Morison GD (1932) Observations and records for some Thysanoptera from Great Britain. VI. Tmetothrips subapterus (Hal.) and Platythrips tunicatus (Hal.). Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 68: 33–37.

Mound LA, Morison GD, Pitkin BR & Palmer JM (1976) Thysanoptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 1 (11): 1–79.

Schille F (1912) Materialien zu einer Thysanopteren- (Blasenfüße) und Collembolen-Fauna Galiziens. Entomologische Zeitschrift. Frankfurt, 25 (45):236, fig. 10 (sep. p. 14).

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.

Type information

Holotype ♀ (T. subaptera): The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype ♀ (P. phaeoptera): unknown.