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Phlaeothrips annulipes Reuter 



Phloeothrips annulipes Reuter, 1880 : 19-21. 

 Phloeothrips brevicollis Bagnall, 191 ic : 62-63. Syn. n. 



The status of brevicollis was queried by Priesner (1964), and the type specimen has 

 now been compared with a series of the common annulipes. The generic position of 

 this species is doubtful, and it is here placed in Phlaeothrips rather than Hoplandro- 

 thrips on account of the broad pelta and unconstricted fore wings. On a world wide 

 basis these genera are less readily distinguished. The larvae of annulipes have head 

 horns similar to Acanthothrips nodicornis but smaller. 



Holotype $ of brevicollis. Norway : Bygdo nr. Christiania, on lime trees, 

 27. vi. 1909 (R.S.B.). 



Phlaeothrips bispinoides Bagnall 



Phloeothrips bispinoides Bagnall, 1926c : 659-661. 

 Phlaeothrips bispinoides Bagnall ; Priesner, 1964 : 182. 



This species is close to annulipes Reuter from which it differs in the darker tibiae 

 and antennae, and the postocular setae which extend beyond the posterior margin 

 of the eyes. Priesner gives the distribution as Switzerland, Germany and 

 Czeckoslovakia. 



LECTOTYPE $. Switzerland : Zurich, Fagus, vii.1925 (R.S.B.). 



Phlaeothrips coriaceus Haliday 



Phlaeothrips coriacea Haliday, 1836 : 442-443. 

 Phloeothrips immanis Bagnall, 1927b : 582-584. Syn. n. 

 Acanthothrips coriaceus (Haliday) ; Stannard, 1957 : 25. 

 Phlaeothrips coriaceus Haliday ; Mound, 1966c : 126-128. 



Phlaeothrips genus, with coriaceus Haliday as type-species, can be distinguished 

 from Acanthothrips by the presence of four sense cones on antennal IV. The genus 

 is very close to Hoplandrothrips, differing particularly in the form of the pelta, and 

 it is also related to Hoplothrips whose species can usually be distinguished by their 

 smaller eyes and weakly reticulate metanotum. Phlaeothrips and Hoplandrothrips 

 species are usually macropterous, but wing reduction is common in Hoplothrips. 

 Bagnall's species immanis is here regarded as a large form of coriaceus. 



LECTOTYPE $ of immanis. Switzerland : Sihwald, nr. Zurich, under logs, 

 vii.1925 {R.S.B.). 



Phlaeothrips gallicus Bagnall 



Phloeothrips gallicus Bagnall, 1934c : 494-495. 



The unique holotype of this species has not been found in either the British 

 Museum (Natural History) or the Paris Museum. The original data published 

 were ; France : Fontainebleu, on grasses, 20.V.1914 (Vuillet). 



