Scirtothrips astrictus

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Head & pronotum Holotype Mesonotum & metanotum Female tergites Male tergite IX

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Scirtothrips astrictus Female, antenna [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Scirtothrips astrictus Mound & Marullo, 1996: 188.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Cerro de la Muerte, El Palme, Costa Rica from young leaf of Drymis flowers and leaves; breeds on Persea americana leaves in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador

References

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, The Natural History Museum, London.