Oelschlaegera

Genus information

Oelschlaegera Bhatti, 1990: 198. Type species Chirothrips madagassus Strassen 1961, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

Presumably an Afro-tropical genus, breeding in Poaceae florets.

References

Bhatti JS (1990) On some genera related to Chirothrips (Insecta: Terebrantia: Thripidae). Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 2: 193-200.

Nakahara S & Foottit RG (2012) Review of Chirothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species. Zootaxa 3251: 1–29.

Species

Oelschlaegera madagassus zur Strassen, 1961

Oelschlaegera priesneri Hood, 1949

Oelschlaegera ruthae Hood, 1949