Mecynothrips atratus

Nomenclatural details

Kleothrips atratus Hood, 1919: 69.

Kleothrips (Akleothrips) zuluensis Jaco-Guillarmod, 1939: 70.

Biology and Distribution

From Tanzania, and the synonym from South Africa.

References

Hood JD (1919) On some new Idolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 66–74.

Jacot-Guillarmod CF (1939) New species of Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 1: 47–77.

Type information

Holotype female in US National Museum of Natural History, Washington; holotype male of zuluensis in Albany Museum, Grahamstown.