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== Nomenclatural details ==
 
== Nomenclatural details ==
''Allothrips acaciae'' Faure 1945: 152
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''Allothrips acaciae'' Faure 1945: 152.
  
 
== Biology and Distribution ==
 
== Biology and Distribution ==
Described from South Africa, this species is similar to ''biminianus'' described from the Bahamas (Mound (1972).  
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Described from Saltpan, Pretoria district, South Africa from native ''Acacia'' species, this species is similar to ''biminianus'' described from the Bahamas (Mound (1972).  
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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== Type information ==
 
== Type information ==
Holotype, female in South African national Insect Collection, Pretoria.
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Holotype female, South African national Insect Collection, Pretoria.
 
[[category:Allothrips species]][[category:Idolothripinae species]]
 
[[category:Allothrips species]][[category:Idolothripinae species]]

Revision as of 21:07, 24 February 2013

Nomenclatural details

Allothrips acaciae Faure 1945: 152.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Saltpan, Pretoria district, South Africa from native Acacia species, this species is similar to biminianus described from the Bahamas (Mound (1972).

References

Faure JC (1945) Two new species of Allothrips (Thysanoptera) from South Africa. Proceedings of the entomological Society of London B 14: 150–154

Mound LA (1972) Polytypic species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genus Allothrips Hood (Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 23-36.

Type information

Holotype female, South African national Insect Collection, Pretoria.