Melanthrips arabs

Nomenclatural details

Melanthrips arabs Priesner, 1936: 39.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Egypt, in flowers of Stachys aegyptiaca (Lamiaceae).

References

Priesner H (1936) A preliminary review of the non-fossil species of the genus Melanthrips Hal. (Thysanoptera). Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte 20: 29–52.

Priesner H (1964) A monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian deserts. Publications de l’Institut Desert d’Egypte 13: 1-549.

Type information

Holotype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.