Megalurothrips sjostedti

Nomenclatural details

Physopus sjostedti Trybom, 1908: 3.

Physothrips variabilis Bagnall, 1913: 294.

Taeniothrips meridiana Moulton, 1936: 503.

Taeniothrips tenuis Moulton, 1936: 505.

Lundathrips inopinatus Bournier, 1979: 6.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Tanzania (P. sjostedti), Angola (L. inopinatus), Comoro islands, Seychelles (P. variabilis), Uganda (T. meridiana, T. tenuis),

References

Palmer JM (1987) Megalurothrips in the flowers of tropical legumes: a morphometric study. pp. 480–495 in In Holman J, Pelikan J, Dixon AFG & Weismann L. [eds] Population structure, genetics and taxonomy of aphids and Thysanoptera. The Hague: SPB Academic Publishing.

Bournier A (1979) Thysanoptères d'Angola, VII. Garcia de Orta, Zoologia 8: 1–10.

Moulton D (1936) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)17: 493–509.

Bagnall RS (1913). Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera. I . Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (8)12 : 290–299

Trybom F (1908) Physapoda. pp. 1–20 in Sjöstedt Physapoda, in Sjöstedt, Wissentschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru, und dem umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 XVI.

Type information

Holotype female (T. meridiana), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype (L. inopinatus), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Lectotype female (P. variabilis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Syntype (P. sjostedti), Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm.