S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 43/1. (Budapest, 1982)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK XLIII. 1. 1982 p- 55-57 Data to the Thysanoptera fauna of Tunisia By G. JENSER (Received December 1, 1981) Abstract: Twelve species of Thysanoptera found in Tunisia are listed together with locality and other pertaining data. Two species are new for the African continent. In recent years two Hungarian collecting trips worked Tunisia: in March-April Drs. L. GOZMÁNY, S. MAHUNKA; in September, 1977 Dr. S. MAHUNKA and L. MAHUNKA-PAPP (GOZMÁNY and MAHUNKA 1977; MAHUNKA and MAHUNKA-PAPP 1978). The extensive collectings of the two expeditions also resulted some specimens of Thysanoptera. Neither the specific nor the individual number of Thysanoptera is large, consequently no far reaching conclusions can be made concerning the thrips fauna of Tunisia. The majority of the species is widely distributed in the Mediterranean region some having spread over the whole of Eurasia. Complementary notes are appended only to those species whose data were scarce, and the new localities are noteworthy. I should like expecially to thank Dr. R. zur STRASSEN (Frankfurt am Main) and Dr. A. BOURNIER (Montpellier) for checking the name of some species. Chirothrips manicatus Haliday,1836 1 g Ferme Shitta, Djebel Eddyr, 1100 m. Berlese samples from base of perpendicular cliff walls from cliffs. 28 March, 1977. Leg.: GOZMÁNY et MAHUNKA; 1 p Skanés, netted from Juncus sp. stand at bottom of dry lake, 14 September, 1977. Leg.: MAHUNKA et MAHUNKA-PAPP. Aptinothrips elegáns Priesner, 1924 4 <j> Ferme Shitta, Djebel Eddyr, 1100 m. Berlese samples from base of perpendicular cliff walls and from cliffs. 28 March, 1977. Leg.: GOZMÁNY et MAHUNKA. Anptinothrips rufus Goeze, 1778 1 o Same, netted from single Thymus, Calycotome, and Othonopsis plants on sparsely grown wayside. 3 April 1977. Leg.: GOZMÁNY et MAHUNKA. Iaoneurothrips australls Bagnall,1915 1 <j> Skanés, Netted from Juncus sp. stand at bottom of dry lake. 14 September, 1977. Leg.: MAHUNKA et MAHUNKA-PAPP; 1 p Sahline, along salt-lakes. Netted from Tamarix sp. and from other vegetation on shore. 20 September, 1977. Leg.: MAHUNKA et MAHUNKA-PAPP. - A species originating from Australia; introduced perhaps around the 1930s in the Eastern Mediterraneum (Israel, Cyprus, Egypt) (PRIESNER, 1964). The collectings of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Tunisia. No. 25.