First report of Selenothrips rubrocinctus in Madeira (PT)
Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae, EPPO Alert List) is first reported in Madeira. Specimens were observed on avocado (Persea americana) and Arbutus unedo in 2 sites in the municipality of Funchal. In Macaronesia, the species was already known to occur in Cabo Verde.
In the same article, Aguiar et al. (2024) note that the following thrips species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) have also been recorded for the first time in Madeira: Echinothrips americanus (formerly EPPO Alert List), Frankliniella schultzei, Pezothrips kellyanus (formerly EPPO Alert List), Scirtothrips aurantii (EPPO A1 List, see also EPPO RS 2024/099).
Sources
Aguiar AM, Cravo D (2024) New records of thrips (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia and Tubulifera) for Madeira Archipelago and Selvagens Islands and the first record of the thrips parasitoid Thripastichus gentilei (Del Guercio, 1931)(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Boletim do Museu de História Natural do Funchal No. LXXIV, Art. 369