Gastrothrips ruficauda

Nomenclatural details

Gastrothrips ruficauda Hood, 1912: 156.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Grand Tower and Pulaski, Illinois USA from grape, sycamore and overcup oak. Recorded from Virginia USA.

References

Hood JD (1912) Descriptions of new North American Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 14: 129–160.

Mound LA (1974) The Nesothrips complex of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 31: 109–188.

Pitkin BR (1978) Lectotype designations of certain species of thrips described by J.D.Hood and notes on his collection (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 264–295.

Type information

Lectotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.