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 (zur Strassen, 2003: 38).

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.

zur Strassen R (2003) Die terebranten Thysanopteren Europas und des Mittelmeer-Gebietes. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 74: 1–271.

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

Type information

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