Afrotropical Region

The Afrotropical region comprises several different elements, although some thrips species have extensive ranges, for example from Angola to Ethiopia. The tropical fauna seems to be widespread across the continent, but southern South Africa has a different thrips fauna from that of the tropics. The African thrips fauna remains poorly known.

Mound LA 2009. A new genus and species of Scirtothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Kenya, intercepted by Australian quarantine. Zootaxa 2210: 65-68. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02210p068.pdf

Mound LA 2010. Species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region. Zootaxa 2423: 1-24. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02423p024.pdf

Mound LA, Masumoto M & Okajima S. 2012. The Palaeotropical genus Craspedothrips, with new species from Africa and Malaysia (Thysanoptera, Thripinae). Zootaxa 3478: 49-61. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03478p061.pdf

Mound, L.A. & Stiller M. 2011. Species of the genus Scirtothrips from Africa (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 2786: 51-61. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02786p061.pdf

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Pitkin B.R. & Mound LA. 1973. A catalogue of West African Thysanoptera. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental de l'Afrique Noire 35: 407–449.

Priesner H. 1964b. A monograph of the Thysanoptera of the Egyptian deserts. Publications de la Institut Desert Egypte 13: 1–549.

Zur Strassen R. 2006. Checklist of the Thysanoptera (Insecta) of southern Africa. African Entomology 14 (1): 63–68.

Zur Strassen manuscript lists for Ghana, Iran, Kenya, Mocambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zaire - see: zur Strassen distribution lists.