Vuilletia houardi

Nomenclatural details

Trichothrips houardi Vuillet, 1914: 123.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mali "Koulikoro, Haut-Senegal-Niger"; recorded from Gambia, also Burkina Faso (Mound et al. 2014). Gall-inducing on Guiera senegalensis.

References

Vuillet (1914) Insecta Publ. mens. Stat. Ent. Sci. Rennes 4 (40): 121-129.

zur Strassen R (1958) Notes on Thysanoptera of tropical Africa and St. Helena. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 21 : 69–79.

Mound LA, Dahiya N & Yerbanga RS (2014) Systematic relationships of Vuilletia and Senegathrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) from galls on the West African shrub Guiera senegalensis. Zootaxa 3811 (1): 146–148.

Type information

Paratype females in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.