Bolothrips insularis

Nomenclatural details

Cryptothrips insularis Bagnall, 1914: 295.

Cryptothrips icarus tuberculatus Priesner, 1922: 105. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 141.

Cryptothrips brachyurus Bagnall, 1927: 573. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 141.

Bolothrips arenarius Priesner, 1950: 36. Synonymised by Mound, 1974: 121.

Biology and Distribution

Described from the Canary Islands, but widespread in southern Europe and Mediterranean countries.

References

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13: 287–297.

Priesner H (1922) Ueber albanische Thysanopteren. Wiener Entomologischer Zeitung 39: 105–107.

Bagnall RS (1927) Contributions towards a knowledge of the European Thysanoptera II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)19: 564–575.

Priesner H (1950) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanoptera of Egypt, XV. Bulletin de la Societe Royale entomologique d'Egypte. 34: 25–37.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.

Mound LA (1974) The Nesothrips complex of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 31: 109–188.

Type information

Holotype female (C. insularis), Natural History Museum, London.

Lectotype male (C. brachyurus), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (C. tuberculatus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Syntypes (B. arenarius), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.