Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi

Nomenclatural details

Ophthalmothrips pomeroyi Hood, 1919: 67.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Rufigi river, Kenya. Recorded from Zaire (Minoura & Mound, 2019).

References

Hood JD (1919) On some new Idolothripidae (Thysanoptera). Insecutor inscitiae menstruus 7: 66–74.

Minoura K & Mound LA (2019) The world species of Ophthalmothrips Hood (Thysanoptera; Phlaeothripidae), with new records from Africa, China and Japan. Zootaxa 4623 (3): 555-562.

Type information

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