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Athiopische Thysanopteren iiberwiegend aus dem Massiv des Mount Elgon in Kenya (Insecta, Thysanoptera) 1
Author(s) -
Strassen Richard
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1972.tb00572.x
Subject(s) - biology , forestry , geography , ecology , zoology
zur Strassen, R. (Forschungs‐Institut und Natur‐Museum Senckenberg, Frankfur/Main, GFR.) Äthiopische Thysanopteren überwiegend aus dem Massiv des Mount Elgon in Kenya (Insecta, Thysanoptera) . Zool. Scripta 1(2): 85–105, 1972.–The paper deals with the first part of a study of a collection of East African Thysanoptera yielded by Dr Å. Holm, Uppsala (Sweden), during four expeditions in Kenya (in 1937/38, 1948, 1964/65, 1969). Most of the lots discussed below by the present author were taken on the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon, an isolated mountain of an altitude of more than 4 320 m (ca. 14 180 ft.) at the boundary between Kenya and Uganda. The majority of the specimens has actually been taken from debris and ground litter found in both the savanna region (approx. 2 000–2 200 m) and in the lower part of the rain forest (approx. 2 300–2 500 m). Three genera are described below as new, all belonging to the Phlaeothripidae ( Elgonima gen. n., Hapelothrips gen. n., Holmiella gen. n.), and seven species have been recognized as new to science ( Taeniothrips holmi sp. n., Adraneothrips opacus sp. n., Elgonima seticeps sp. n., Hapelothrips albipes sp. n., Holmiella nigrita sp. n., Hoplothrips mendosus sp. n., Malacothrips jaurei sp. n.). Further eight species are recorded for the first time from Kenya. Altogether 25 species are discussed in this paper. Zusammenfassung Aus mehreren Aufsamm'.ungen von Thysanopteren aus Kenya werden 25 Arten besprochen. Sieben Spezies haben sich als neu für die Wissenschaft erwiesen, von denen drei Arten in jeweils neue Gattungen gestellt werden ( Taeniothrips holmi sp. n., Adraneothrips opacus sp. n., Elgonima seticeps gen. n. sp. n., Hapelothrips albipes gen. n. sp. n., Holmiella nigrita gen. n. sp. n., Hoplothrips mendosus sp. n., Malacothrips jaurei sp. n.). Weitere acht Arten sind neu für die Fauna von Kenya.