Gastrothrips terrestris

Nomenclatural details

Goetothrips terrestris Priesner, 1925: 316.

Nesothrips gurdus Johansen, 1974: 266.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mexico G. terrestris from Mexico City on short grass in flood meadow.

References

Priesner H (1925) Thysanopterologica I. Zoologisches Jahrbucher 50: 305–319.

Johansen RM (1974) Siete nuevos Tisanopteros de Tabasco, Veracruz y el Pedregal de San Angel, Mexico, D.F. Thysanoptera: Terebrantia; Tubulifera). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 35: 249–276.

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.

Type information

Paratype males and females (G. terrestris), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (N. gurdus), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.