Neohydatothrips signifer

Nomenclatural details

Sericothrips signifer Priesner, 1932: 172.

Sericothrips burungae Hood, 1935: 150.

Sericothrips mimosae Hood, 1956: 134.

Adraneothrips aztecus Johansen, 1983: 113.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mexico (S. signifer, A. aztecus, Panama (S. burungae) and Costa Rica on Mimosa flowers (S. mimosae).

References

Priesner (1932) Neue Thysanopteren aus Mexiko, gesammelt von Prof. Dr. A. Dampf. Teil 1. Wiener Entomologischer Zeitung 49: 170-185.

Hood (1935) Eleven new Thripidae (Thysanoptera) from Panama. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 43: 143-171.

Hood (1956) New American terebrantian Thysanoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 62: 129-138.

Johansen (1983) Nuevas trips (Insecta: Thysanoptera; Terebrantia, Thripidae, Thripinae) de La Sierra Madre Oriental y del eje Volcanico Transversal de Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional de Mexico 53: 91-132.

Mound & Marullo (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: an Introduction (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Memoirs on Entomology International volume 6 pp. 488.

Type information

Holotype female (S. mimosae), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (S. burungae), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.