Hydatothrips spadix

Nomenclatural details

Sericothrips spadix Hartwig, 1952: 398.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Port St. Johns, Cape Province, South Africa from Indigofera torulosa. Also collected from I. zeyheri and Citrus and Tephrosia foliage.

References

Hartwig (1952) Taxonomic studies of South African Thysanoptera, including genitalia, statistics and a revision of Trybom's types. Entomology memoirs Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa 2 (11): pp. 499.

Type information

Holotype female, unknown depositary; female paratype in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.