Chiraplothrips graminellus

Nomenclatural details

Haplothrips (Chiraplothrips) graminellus Priesner, 1939: 113.

Haplothrips (Chiraplothrips) priesneri Ananthakrishnan, 1961: 426.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Cherkes, southwest Limassol, Cyprus in turf (H. graminellus) and India (H. priesneri), recorded from Egypt and Sudan.

References

Priesner H (1939) On some Thysanoptera from Cyprus (Part II). Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 22: 110–122.

Ananthakrishnan TN (1961) A Review of some Grass-infesting Thrips from India with a Description of a New Species. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 58: 420–428.

Type information

Holotype female (H. graminellus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.