Limothrips

Genus information

Thrips (Limothrips) Haliday, 1836: 444. Type species Thrips (Limothrips) cerealium Haliday, 1836, by subsequent designation, Westwood, 1838: 46.

Pruthiella Shumser Singh, 1942: 117. Type species Limothrips angulicornis Jablonowski 1894, by monotypy.

Albertothrips Shumser Singh, 1942 - nomen nudum - error for Pruthiella.

Biology and Distribution

European species, living on Poaceae.

References

Haliday AH (1836) An epitome of the British genera in the Order Thysanoptera with indications of a few of the species. Entomological Magazine 3: 439–451.

Westwood JO (1838) Thysanoptera, pp 45-46 in Synopsis of the genera of British Insects 158pp in Westwood JO (1840) An introduction to the modern classification of insects. 587pp. Spottiswoode, London.