Leptothrips distalis

Nomenclatural details

Haplothrips distalis Hood, 1925: 103.

Zygothrips californicus Mason, 1927: 156.

Leptothrips pristinus Johansen, 1987: 33. Synonymised by Mound & O'Donnell, 2017: 307

Biology and Distribution

Described from Arizona USA (H. distalis) and California USA (Z. californicus).

References

Hood JD (1925) Six new Thysanoptera from the western United States. Entomological News 36: 101–105.

Mason AC (1926) Two new species of Thrips from California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 2: 155–157.

Johansen RM (1987) El genero Leptothrips Hood, 1909 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) en el continente Americano: su sistematica, filogenia, biogeografia, bilogia, conducta y ecologia. Monografias del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico 3: 1–246.

Mound LA & O’Donnell, C.A (2017) Predation, phytophagy and character state confusion among North American species of the genus Leptothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa 4294 (3): 301-315. [

Type information

Holotype (H. distalis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Holotype, (L. pristinus),Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.