extant species
Thrips physapus
Nomenclatural details
Thrips physapus Linnaeus, 1758: 457.
Thrips fusca Müller, 1776: 96.
Thrips flavicornis Reuter, 1879: 219.
Thrips physapus adusta Uzel, 1895: 175.
Thrips annulata Karny, 1907: 48.
Thrips obscuricornis Priesner, 1920: 57.
Thrips flavescens Priesner, 1921: 28.
Thrips physapus var. quadrisetosus Knechtel, 1923: 125.
Biology and distribution
Described from Sweden (T. physapus), Denmark (T. fusca), Finland (T. flavicornis), former Czechoslovakia (T. physapus adusta), Romania (T. quadrisetosus) and Austria (T. annulata, T. obscuricornis, T. flavescens).
Distribution: Europe, Mongolia, Siberia, Morocco, probably more widespread. Thrips physapus is found in flowers; particularly on Asteraceae.
References
Linnaeus C (1758) Systema Naturae. Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii. 10th Edition pp. 1–823.
Müller (1776) Zoologiæ Danicæ prodromus, seu animalium Daniæ et Norvegiæ indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. – pp. I-XXXII [= 1-32], 1-274. Havniæ.
Reuter (1879) Diagnoser ofver nya Thysanoptera fran Finland. Översigt af Finska Veenskaps-societetens Förhandlinger 21 (1878-1879): 207-223.
Uzel H (1895) Monographie der Ordnung Thysanoptera. Königrätz, Bohemia: pp. 1–472.
Karny H (1907) Die Orthopterenfauna des Küstengebietes von Österreich-Ungarn. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 52: 17–52.
Priesner H (1920) Beitrag zur 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 Österreichischen Entomologen-Vereins 6: 20–37.
Knechtel (1923) Thysanoptere din Romania, Studiu sistematic si fitopatologic, Bucuresti. Buletinul Agriculturii si Domeniilor 3: 49–171.
Type information
Unknown.