Orothrips yosemitii

Nomenclatural details

Orothrips yosemitii Moulton, 1911: 13.

Orothrips raoi Moulton, 1927: 184. Synonymised by Marullo & Mound, 1994: 563.

Orothrips variabilis Moulton, 1927: 184. Synonymised by Bailey, 1949.

Biology and Distribution

California, also widespread in western USA, in flowers of Arctostaphhylos pungens (Ericaceae); raoi was stated to be from India, but this was probably an error (Marullo & Mound, 1994).

References

Moulton D (1911). Synopsis, catalogue and bibliography of North American Thysanoptera, with descriptions of new species . Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology. 21 : 1–56.

Bailey SF (1949) The genus Orothrips Moulton. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25: 104-112.

Marullo R & Mound LA (1994) The Erythrothrips complex of tropical Aeolothripidae (Thysa¬noptera) with a new Australian genus and a new South African species. Entomologica Scandinavica 24: 285-291.

Type information

Holotype female in California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; also holotype females of the two synonyms.