Scirtothrips aurantii

Nomenclatural details

Scirtothrips aurantii Faure, 1929: 3.

Scirtothrips acaciae Moulton, 1930: 200.

Biology and Distribution

Described from South Africa (S. aurantii) and Ghana from Acacia sieberiana (S. acaciae). Recorded from Australia.

References

Mound LA & Stiller M (2011) Species of the genus Scirtothrips from Africa (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 2786: 51–61.

Morris DC & Mound LA (2004) Molecular relationships between populations of South African citrus thrips (Scirtothrips aurantii Faure) in South Africa and Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 43: 353–358.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1981) Identification, distribution and host-plants of the pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). . Bulletin of entomological Research 71: 467–479.

Moulton D (1930) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)5: 194–207.

Faure JC (1929) The South African citrus thrips and five other new species of Scirtothrips Shull. Transvaal University College Bulletin (Pretoria) 18: 1–18.

Type information

Holotype female (S. acaciae), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.