{"id":5771,"date":"2023-05-27T23:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thrips-id.com\/en\/?p=5771"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:12:52","slug":"hercinothrips-dimidiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thrips-id.com\/en\/hercinothrips-dimidiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hercinothrips dimidiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; item=&#8221;mediaGrid_SlideInTitle&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; initial_loading_animation=&#8221;bounceIn&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1761732753786-6ccfbcc1c370ea5c5d303112bd32d126-10&#8243; include=&#8221;7222,5774,5776,5777,7417,7418&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Nomenclatural details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"><i>Hercinothrips dimidiatus<\/i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Hood, 1937: 105.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1485700945543{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Biology and distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Described from Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa from liliaceous plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Distribution: Africa (South Africa, Nigeria). <em>Hercinothrips dimidiatus<\/em> was introduced into California, USA, with <em>Haworthia altilinea<\/em> plants. In Europe, this thrips was first found in Portugal and later in the Gibraltar region as well as on Mallorca, mainly on <em>Aloe arborescens<\/em>. Further records come from Italy, the Netherlands and from Germany (Ulitzka unpublished), from imported <em>Aloe vera<\/em> and other succulents. Occasionally found&nbsp;in association with <a href=\"\/en\/hercinothrips-aethiopiae\/\"><em>H. aethiopiae<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/en\/photo-video\/damage-plant-injury\/\">Typical plant damage<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1485700945543{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Hood JD (1937) New genera and species of Thysanoptera from South Africa.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History<\/i>(10) 19: 97\u2013113.<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Schifani E &amp; Mazza G (2021)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Hercinothrips dimidiatus<\/i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>(Thysanoptera, Thripidae), an emerging pest of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Aloe arborescens <\/i>[Asphodelaceae] newly recorded from Italy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Zootaxa<\/i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>5039 (3), 440\u2013442.<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Goldarazena A &amp; Vierbergen G (2022) A key to species of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Hercinothrips<\/i>, with one new species, and a neotype designation for<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>H. trilineatus<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Priesner).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Zootaxa<\/i>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>5169<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(4), 322\u2013330.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1485700945543{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Type information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Holotype \u2640: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; item=&#8221;mediaGrid_SlideInTitle&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; initial_loading_animation=&#8221;bounceIn&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1761732753786-6ccfbcc1c370ea5c5d303112bd32d126-10&#8243; include=&#8221;7222,5774,5776,5777,7417,7418&#8243;][vc_column_text]Nomenclatural details Hercinothrips dimidiatus\u00a0Hood, 1937: 105. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1485700945543{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Biology and distribution Described from Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa from liliaceous plants. Distribution: Africa (South Africa, Nigeria). Hercinothrips dimidiatus was introduced into California, USA, with Haworthia altilinea plants. 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