Pselaphothrips pomeroyi

Nomenclatural details

Pselaphothrips pomeroyi Hood, 1916: 11.

Hoplandrothrips vuilleti Karny, 1920: 88.

Pselaphothrips hoodi Priesner, 1928: 52.

Acanthothrips (Dinacanthothrips) bidens Priesner, 1932: 202.

Acanthothrips (Dinacanthothrips) quadridens Priesner, 1932: 202.

Pselaphothrips nigeriensis Bagnall, 1934: 483.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Democratic Republic of the Congo (A. bidens, a. quadridens), Cameroon (H. vuilleti, P. pomeroyi) and Adio, Nigeria (P. nigriensis).

References

Bagnall RS (1934) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera XVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)13: 481–498.

Priesner H (1932) Thysanopteren aus dem Belgischen Congo. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine 22 (2): 192–221.

Priesner H (1928) Thysanopterologica III. Zoologisches Jahrbucher 56: 43–66.

Karny H (1920) Die exotischen Tubuliferen (Thysanoptera) des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums (Berlin-Dahlem). Entomologische Mitteilungen 9: 88–94.

Hood (1916) Two new Thysanoptera from West Africa, with a note on the synonymy of the Phloeothripidae. Psyche 23: 6-12.

Type information

Holotype female (P. nigriensis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (P. pomeroyi), unknown depositary.