Belothrips morio Reuter

Belothrips morio Reuter View in CoL

Belothrips morio Reuter, 1899: 45 View in CoL .

This species was based originally on a single female from Stockholm, but both sexes are distinguished from acuminatus View in CoL in the key to European Terebrantia by zur Strassen (2003), who gives the distribution as “ Russia, Scandinavia, East Central Europe”. The web site of the Senckenberg Museum indicates the presence of only a single slide of morio View in CoL , but through the courtesy of Nikolai Ignatev of that Museum seven slides bearing the identification morio View in CoL by zur Strassen were found in the Senckenberg collections ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 ). These seven slides bear specimens from Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic and Western Canada, and this record of morio View in CoL from Canada, Alberta, was published by Chiasson (1986: 53). However, Canada was not mentioned by zur Strassen (2003) although that record includes the only male of morio View in CoL available. The character states used in the 2003 key to distinguish morio View in CoL are far from robust, particularly considering the few specimens available all of which lack host data. The validity of the species will remain in doubt until further information becomes available, such as good population samples and host data.