Thrips meruensis

Nomenclatural details

Physopus meruensis Trybom, 1908: 6.

Taeniothrips ugandai Moulton, 1936: 502.

Taeniothrips (Isochaetothrips) holmi zur Strassen, 1972: 86.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Tanzania (P. meruensis), Kenya (T. holmi) and Uganda (T. ugandai). Also seen from Democratic REpublic of the Congo.

References

Mound LA (2010) Species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region. Zootaxa 2423: 1–24.

zur Strassen R (1972) Äethiopische Thysanopteren überwiegend aus dem Massiv des Mount Elgon in Kenya (Insecta, Thysanoptera). Zoologica Scripta 1: 85–105.

Moulton D (1936) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)17: 493–509.

Trybom F (1908) Physapoda. pp. 1–20 in Sjöstedt Physapoda in Sjöstedt, Wissentschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru, und dem umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906. XVI.

Type information

Holotype (T. ugandai), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype (T. holmi), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.

Unknown type (P. meruensis), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.