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HELIONOTHRIPS Bagnall 



Helionothrips Bagnall, 1932c : 506. Type-species Heliothrips brnnneipennis , by monotypy. 

 Helionothrips Bagnall ; Faure, 1961a : 134. 



Helionothrips brunneipennis (Bagnall) 



Heliothrips brunneipennis Bagnall, 1915a : 318. 

 Helionothrips brunneipennis (Bagnall) ; Faure, 1961a : 134. 



The key given by Faure to separate the species of Helionothrips has not been found 

 satisfactory when used on the material in the British Museum (Natural History). 

 The presence or absence of a pale subapical band on the fore wing may not be 

 consistent in all species, and there is doubt about the constancy of pigmentation of 

 antennal II. In the description of kadaliphus (R. & M.), antennal II is stated to be 

 either pale or dark, and females from New Guinea examined by the present author 

 compare well with brunneipennis except in this character. 



LECTOTYPE $. Ceylon : Peradeniya, Litsea chinensis leaves (A. Rutherford, 

 3648). 



HERCINOTHRIPS Bagnall 



Hercinothrips Bagnall, 1932c : 506. Type-species Heliothrips bicinclus, by original designation. 

 Hercinothrips Bagnall ; Mound, 1966a : 243-244. 



Apart from the type-species bicinctus, Bagnall included in this genus fenwralis 

 Reuter and pattersoni, and he added that he thought that errans Williams should be 

 included. This latter species is now placed in Helionothrips. 



Hercinothrips bicinctus (Bagnall) 



Heliothrips bicinctus Bagnall, 1919 : 258-259. 

 Hercinothrips bicinctus (Bagnall) ; Faure, 1957 : 89-100. 



This species is known as a minor pest in glasshouses in temperate regions and is 

 widely distributed in the subtropics. It has been reported damaging bananas in 

 Kenya and the Canary Islands. 



LECTOTYPE 9- Belgium : Brussels, Chamaedorea fragans in glasshouses, 

 xii.1907 (R.S.B.). 



Hercinothrips pattersoni (Bagnall) 



Heliothrips pattersoni Bagnall, 1919 : 259-260. 

 Hercinothrips pattersoni (Bagnall) ; Faure, 1961a : 152. 



Apart from a single female taken recently on lime tree flowers at Ibadan, Nigeria, 

 12.V.1964, this species is known only from the type series. 



Holotype $. Ghana : Aburi, Granadilla leaves, 11.xi.1915 (W. H. Patterson). 



