Pseudodendrothrips aegyptiacus

Nomenclatural details

Phlebothrips aegyptiacus Priesner, 1965: 284.

Pseudodendrothrips canariensis zur Strassen, 1965: 13.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Giza, Egypt from Convolvulus arvensis, also from Euphorbia cuneata and Lycium arabicum (P. aegyptiacus) and from Gran Canaria, on flowering Plocama pendula (P. canariensis). Recorded from Saudia Arabia.

References

Priesner H (1965) A monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian deserts. Publications de la Institut Desert Egypte 13: 1–549.

zur Strassen R (1965) Einige neue terebrante Thysanopteren-Arten von den Kanarischen Inseln (Ins., Thysanoptera). Commentationes biologicae Societas scientiarus fennica 28: 3–41.

Rasool I, Mound LA, Soliman AH & Aldhafer HM (2021) The Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Saudi Arabia, with new records, one new species, and revised status of Pseudodendrothrips stuardoi (Moulton). Zootaxa 4999 (3): 219–227.

Type information

Holotype female, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (P. canariensis), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.