Gynaikothrips ficorum

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips ficorum Marchal, 1908: 252.

Leptothrips flavicornis Bagnall, 1909: 529.

Liothrips bakeri Crawford DL, 1910: 161.

Leptothrips reticulatus Karny, 1912: 22.

Gynaikothrips flavus Ishida, 1931: 40.

Haplothrips blesai Plata, 1973: 165.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Algeria (P. ficorum), Madeira (L. flavicornis, L. reticulatus), Cuba (L. bakeri), Taiwan (G. flavus) and Tenerife (H. blesai). Recorded from Japan on Ficus microcarpa (Okajima, 2006).

References

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka : Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Mound LA, Wang C-L & Okajima S (1996) Observations in Taiwan on the identity of the Cuban laurel thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103: 185–190.

Plata (1972) Descripcion de un nuevo Haplothrips (Ins. Thysanoptera) de la lsla de Tenerife. Vieraea 2(2): 164-173.

Ishida M (1931) Fauna of the Thysanoptera of Japan. Insecta matsumurana 7 (1): 32–42.

Karny H (1912) Ueber einige afrikanische Thysanopteren. Fauna Exotica (6) 2: 22–24.

Crawford DL (1910) Thysanoptera of Mexico and the south II. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 2: 153–170.

Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.

Marchal (1908) Sur une nouvelle espece de Thrips nuisible aux Ficus on Algerie. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique Paris1908: (251-253).

Type information

Syntype (L. flavicornis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype (G. flavus), Hokkaido University.