Ambaeolothrips pampeanus

Nomenclatural details

Aeolothrips pampeanus Mound, Cavalleri, O’Donnell, Infante, Ortiz & Goldarazena, 2016: 420.

Biology and Distribution

apparently phytophagous on flowers and leaves of mango. Described from San Pedro, Oaxaca, Mexico from mangoes, specimens collected between Panama and southern Mexico.

References

Ruiz-De la Cruz J, Vasquez-Lopez A, Retana-Salazar AP, Mora-Aguilera JA & Johansen-Naime R (2013) A new species of Aeolothrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) from mango crops in Oaxaca, Mexico. Florida Entomologist 96 (1): 29-35.

Mound LA, Cavalleri A, O’Donnell CH, Infante F, Ortiz A & Goldarazena A (2016) Ambaeolothrips: a new genus of Neotropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera), with observations on the type-species from mango trees in Mexico. Zootaxa 4132: 413–421.

Type information

Holotype female, Universidad de Costa Rica.

Paratypes, Centro Interdisciplinaro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR).

Holotype female: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state, Porto Alegre, on grass leaves, 05.xii.2011 (Cavalleri A) [Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, São Lourenço do Sul, Brazil: UFRGS 1432]. Paratype: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state, Catuípe, 1 female on Lonchocarpus campestris [Fabaceae], 27.xi.2008 (Santos FL) [UFRGS 1433].