Diceratothrips bicornis
Nomenclatural details
Diceratothrips bicornis Bagnall, 1908: 194.
Diceratothrips armatus Bagnall, 1910: 385. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 44.
Dichaetothrips williamsi Karny, 1920: 92. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 44.
Diceratothrips persimilis Priesner, 1925: 25. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 44.
Diceratothrips princeps Hood, 1934: 68. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 218.
Diceratothrips hercules Johansen, 1979: 59. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 218.
Biology and Distribution
Widespread from Mexico to Brazil.
References
Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.
Bagnall RS (1910). A contribution towards a knowledge of the neotropical Thysanoptera . Journal of the Linnean Society Zoology. 30 : 369–387.
Karny H (1920). Die exotischen Tubuliferen (Thysanoptera) des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums (Berlin-Dahlem) . Entomologische Mitteilungen. 9 : 88–94
Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174.
Mound LA & Marullo R. 1996. The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-488.
Type information
Holotype female in the Natural History Museum, London, also syntypes of armatus; holotype female of williamsi in Deutsches Entomologisches Institute, Eberswalde; holotype female of persimilis in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt; holotype female of princeps in US National Museum of Natural History, Washington; holotype female of hercules in Universidad Nacional de Mexico.
