Elaphrothrips procer

Nomenclatural details

Dicaiothrips procer Schmutz, 1913: 1063.

Dicaiothrips novus Schmutz, 1913: 1066.

Dicaiothrips Dallatorensis Schmutz, 1913: 1067.

Dicaiothrips proximus Bagnall, 1914: 289.

Elaphrothrips achaetus Bagnall, 1934: 633.

Elaphrothrips approximatus Bagnall, 1934: 635.

Elaphrothrips chandana Ramakrishna, 1934: 9

Elaphrothrips eranthemi Seshadri & Ananthakrishnan, 1954: 224

Biology and Distribution

Described from Sri Lanka, with two of the synonyms from India.

References

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122(7): 991–1089.

Bagnall RS (1914) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13: 287–297.

Bagnall RS (1934) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Thysanopterous genus Elaphrothrips Buffa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)13: 627–636.

Ramakrishna TV (1934) Notes on Indian Thysanoptera with descriptions of new species. Records of the Indian Museum 36: 491–498.

Seshadri A & Ananathakrishnan TN (1954) Some new Indian Thysanoptera - 1. Indian Journal of Entomology 16: 210–226.

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1978) Nine genera of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripidae (Thysanoptera) from the Oriental Region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 37: 153–215.

Type information

Holotype male, in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, also type specimens of novus and dallatorensis; holotype male of proximus and approxmimatus, also holotype female of achaetus, in the Natural History Museum, London. ,