Aeolothrips ericae

Nomenclatural details

Aeolothrips ericae Bagnall, 1920: 60.

Aeolothrips nobilis ab. mulleri Priesner, 1920: 51.

Aeolothrips nobilis Priesner, 1921: 21.

Aeolothrips speciosus Melis, 1933: 169.

Aeolothrips nobilis f. aterrima Hukkinen, 1935: 88.

Aeolothrips vittatus var. albotarsata Keler, 1936: 87.

Aeolothrips lucidus Oettingen, 1944: 40.

Biology and Distribution

Widespread in western Europe, in flowers of Ericaceae but also Fabaceae.

References

Bagnall RS (1920) Preliminary notes and descriptions of some European species of Aeolothrips. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 56: 60–62.

Priesner H (1920) Beitrag sur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Oberösterreichs. Jahresberichte Musem Francisco Carolinus 78: 50–63.

Priesner H (1921) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Tirols nebst Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten. Zeitschrift des Osterreichischen Entomologen-Vereins 6: 20–37.

Hoddle HS, Mound LA & Paris D (2012) Thrips of California 2012. [1]

Type information

Syntypes of both sexes, in The Natural History Museum, London.