Arorathrips mexicanus

Nomenclatural details

Chirothrips mexicana Crawford DL, 1909: 114.

Chirothrips floridensis Watson, 1920: 22.

Chirothrips catchingsi Watson, 1924: 76.

Chirothrips saltensis Tapia, 1952: 109.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Orleans, Louisiana USA (C. catchingsi), Florida USA (C. floridensis), Guadalajara, Mexico (C. mexicanus) and Argentina (C. saltensis).

References

Tapia, E.A. (1952) Dos especies de Tisanopteros Argentinos nuevos para la Ciencia. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 54, 107–110.

Watson JR (1924) Synopsis and catalog of the Thysanoptera of North America. Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida 168: 1–100.

Watson JR (1920) New Thysanoptera from Florida VII. Florida Entomologist 4: 18–23.

Crawford DL (1909) On some Thysanoptera from Mexico and the south. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 1: 109–119.

Type information

Holotype female (C. catchingsi), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.

Syntype (C. mexicanus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.