Retanathrips silvestris

Nomenclatural details

Taeniothrips silvestris Hood, 1935: 83.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Barro Colorado island, Panama on Dichorisandra hexandra. Recorded from Costa Rica from Randia karstenii and Trinidad.

References

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

Pitkin BR (1978) Lectotype designations of certain species of thrips described by J.D.Hood and notes on his collection (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 264–295.

Hood JD (1935) Ten new Thysanoptera from Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48: 83–106.

Type information

Lectotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.