Gastrothrips tenuipennis

Nomenclatural details

Isopterothrips tenuipennis Bagnall, 1926: 554.

Dichaetothrips penicillatus Priesner, 1937: 626. Synonymised by Mound, 1968: 126.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Ghana, and the synonym from Sierre Leone.

References

Bagnall RS (1926) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)18: 545–560.

Priesner H (1937) Two new Phlaeothripidae from Sierra Leone. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20: 624–629.

Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement 11: 1-181.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 46: 1–174.

Type information

Holotype female, in the Natural History Museum, London, also holotype female of penicillatus.