Chirothrips molestus

Nomenclatural details

Chirothrips molestus Priesner, 1926: 142.

Biology and distribution

Described from Marchtrenk, Austria.

Distribution: Widespread in Eurasia, but only occurring locally in warm habitats. Chirothrips molestus is living and breeding on various grasses (Poaceae), with a preference of Agropyron sp.

References

Priesner H (1926) Die Thysanopteren Europas. Abteilung I-II. Wien: F. Wagner Verlag. pp. 1–342.

zur Strassen R (1960) Key to and catalogue of the known species of Chirothrips Haliday, 1836 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 144–176.

zur Strassen R (1963) Beschreibung neuer und seltener Chirothrips-Arten (Ins., Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 44: 397–416.

Minaei K & Mound LA (2010) Grass-flower thrips of the genus Chirothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a key to species from Iran. Zootaxa 2411: 33–43.

Type information

Syntypes: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.