Pygmaeothrips angusticeps
Nomenclatural details
Trichothrips angusticeps Hood, 1908: 367.
Pygmaeothrips columniceps Karny, 1920: 40. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 353.
Polyporothrips longipilosus Watson, 1927: 61. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 353.
Pygmaeothrips ferecaecus Priesner, 1929: 191.
Hoplothrips dallasi Moulton, 1933: 233. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 353.
Micropsothrips ganodermae de Santis, 1950: 63. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 353.
Poecilothrips biformis Moulton, 1934: 501. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 353.
Biology and Distribution
Fungus-feeding, widespread around the tropics.
References
Hood JD (1908) New genera and species of Illinois Thysanoptera. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 8: 361-379.
Karny H (1920) Nova Australska Thysanoptera, jez nashbiral Mjöberg. Casopis Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti entomologiscké 17: 35-44.
Watson JR (1927) New Thysanoptera from Florida XIV. Florida Entomologist 10: 60-62.
Priesner H (1929) Spolia Metawiensia: Thysanoptera. Treubia 11: 187-210.
Moulton D. (1933) The Thysanoptera of South America III. Revista de Entomologia 3: 227-262.
Moulton D. (1934) New Thysanoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 8: 499-503.
de Santis L (1950) Tres Tisanópteros nuevos de la República Argentina. Notas del Museo La Plata. Zoología 15 (133): 59-70.
Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-488.