Scirtothrips dorsalis(SCITDO)
Distribution details in South Africa
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2007: Absent, invalid record
First recorded in: 1985
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest no longer present (2007-01)
First recorded in: 1985
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest no longer present (2007-01)
In 2007, the NPPO of South Africa officially declared that the pest was no longer present on its territory on the basis of a paper by Rugman-Jones et al. (2006) which shows that thrips previously identified as S. dorsalis on Ricinus communis in South Africa were not S. dorsalis (molecular studies).
* Gilbert, M. J. (1986) Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 49 (1), 159-161.
------- First record for Africa. Found on castor oil plants in a citrus orchard in the north-eastern Transvaal in 1985.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – South Africa. SA no longer has Scirtothrips dorsalis (2007-01-26). https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* Rugman-Jones PF, Hoddle MS, Mound LA, Southamer R (2006) Molecular identification key for pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 99(5), 1813-1819.
------- First record for Africa. Found on castor oil plants in a citrus orchard in the north-eastern Transvaal in 1985.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – South Africa. SA no longer has Scirtothrips dorsalis (2007-01-26). https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* Rugman-Jones PF, Hoddle MS, Mound LA, Southamer R (2006) Molecular identification key for pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 99(5), 1813-1819.