Compsothrips albosignatus

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips albosignata Reuter, 1884: 290.

Leurothrips albomaculata Bagnall, 1908: 196.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Algeria, but the synonym without locality data, this species seems widespread in the Mediterranean area.

References

Reuter OM (1884) Revue d'Entomologie, Caen 3(12): 290.

Priesner H (1964) Ordnung Thysanoptera (Fransenflügler, Thripse). in Franz H, Bestimmungsbücher zur Bodenfauna Europas 2: 1-242. Akademie-Verlag.

Type information

Syntypes, male and female depositary not known; holotype female of the synonym in the Natural History Museum, London.