Megathrips lativentris

Nomenclatural details

Phloeothrips lativentris Heeger, 1852: 479.

Phloeothrips longispina Reuter, 1879: 214.

Phloeothrips tibialis Reuter, 1879: 214.

Megathrips piccioli Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881: 124.

Megalothrips niger Schmutz, 1909: 346.

Bacillothrips padewiethwi Karny, 1919: 114.

Megathrips antennatus Gou, Feng & Duan, 2005: 175. Synonymised Dang & Qiao, 2013: 21.

Biology and Distribution

Described from former Yugoslavia (B. padewiethi), Austria (P. lativentris), Italy (M. piccioli), Romania (M. niger) and Sweden (P. tibialis, P. longicornis), Henan, China (M. antennatus). Widespread across Europe in leaf-litter.

References

Heeger E (1852) Beitrage zur Insecten-Fauna Osterrreichs. Sitzungsberichte der Kasiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 9: 473-490.

Reuter OM (1879) Diagnoser öfver nya Thysanoptera från Finland. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 1878-1879: 207-223.

Targioni-Tozzetti A (1881) Relazione intoro ai lavori della R. Stazionedi entomologia agraria di Firenze per gli anni 1877-78. Art. V. Fisapodi (Thrips). Annali di Agricoltura 34: 120-134.

Schmutz K (1909) Zur Kenntnis einiger neuen Thysanopterengenera (Tubulifera). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 23: 273–281.

Karny H (1919) Synopsis der Megathripidae (Thysanoptera). Zeitschrift für Entomologie 1: 113–118.

Guo F-Z, Feng J-N & Duan B-S (2005) A taxonomic study on the newly-recorded genus Megathrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia (3)27: 173–178.

Type information

Syntype (P. tibialis), Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki; syntypes female of padewiethwi in Seckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; Holotype female of antennatus in Northwest A & F University, Yangling.