Actinothrips retanae

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Nomenclatural details

Actinothrips retanae Mound 1991: 939.

Biology and Distribution

The original colony was on a hanging dead banana leaf in southern Costa Rica; also recorded from Nicaragua.

References

Mound LA (1991) Secondary sexual character variation in male Actinothrips species (Insecta: Thysanoptera), and its probable significance in fighting behaviour. Journal of Natural History 25: 933–943.

Type information

Holotype, male in INBIO, Costa Rica.