Thrips roepkei

Nomenclatural details

Thrips roepkei Doeksen, 1953: 169.

Thrips inopinatus zur Strassen, 1963: 523.

Thrips fallaciosus Nakahara, 1994: 51.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Netherlands (T. roepkei), Frankfurt am Main, Germany from Solanum dulcamara (T. inopinatus) and New York USA from terminal leaves of Salix sp. (T. fallacious). Widely spread in United States. Recorded from Canada.

References

Vierbergen G (2004) Eight species of thrips new for The Netherlands and some taxonomical changes in Stenchaetothrips, Thrips and Hoplothrips (Thysanoptera). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 39: 199–209.

Nakahara (1994) The genus Thrips Linnaeus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the New World. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 1822: 1-183.

zur Strassen R (1963) Thrips inopinatus n.sp. aus Deutschland (Ins., Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 44: 523–527.

Doeksen (1953)

Type information

Holotype female (T. fallacious), United States National Museum.

Holotype female (T. inopinatus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.