Parascolothrips priesneri

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P. priesneri_female

Nomenclatural details

Parascolothrips priesneri Mound, 1967: 317.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Baghdad, Iraq from apple trees; possibly not a mite predator (Ben David & Mound, 2016).

References

Mound LA (1967) A new genus and species of Thysanoptera predatory on mites in Iraq. Bulletin of entomological Research 57: 315–319.

Ben David T & Mound LA (2016) Predator or plant pest? Observations on Parascolothrips priesneri Mound (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Israeli apple orchards. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 48:5532: 38-40.

Type information

Paratype females, The Natural History Museum, London.