Liothrips (Liothrips) reuteri

Nomenclatural details

Compsothrips reuteri Bagnall, 1913: 295.

Liothrips dampfi Karny, 1914: 58.

Liothrips micros Priesner, 1919: 141.

Liothrips karakumensis Yakhontov, 1956: 144.

Smerinthothrips tamariscinus Morison, 1958: 591.

Liothrips reuteri f. obscura Priesner, 1965: 391.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Egypt (C. reuteri, C. reuteri f. obscura, L. dampfi), Turkmenistan (L. karakumensis), Albania (L. micros) Canary Islands, India, Iran and Yemen, on Tamarix.

References

Bagnall RS (1913) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12: 290–299.

Karny H (1914) Beitrag zur Thysanopterenfauna des Mediterrangebietes. Verhandlungen der Zoologische Botanisches Gesellschaft 64: 50–60.

Priesner H (1919) Zur Thysanopteren-Fauna Albaniens. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 128: 115–144.

Yakhontov (1956) Two new species and one new variety of Thysanoptera from Central Asia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 35 pp. 144-147.

Morison (1958) Thysanoptera from south-west Arabia and Ethiopia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 43: 587-598.

Priesner H (1965) A monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian deserts. Publications de la Institut Desert Egypte 13: 1–549.

Bhatti JS (1995) Studies on some Phlaeothripidae (Insecta: Tubulifera). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 5: 97–110.

Minaei K & Mound LA (2014) The Liothrips-lineage of thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Iran with the first record of micropterous morph of a Liothrips species. Zootaxa 3889 (1): 107–117.

Type information

Holotype females (C. reuteri, S. tamariscinus), The Natural History Museum, London.