Zeugmatothrips gracilis

Nomenclatural details

Zeugmatothrips gracilis Hood, 1952: 171.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Belem, Para, Brazil from cut grass. Also known from Trinidad and Costa Rica in leaf litter.

References

Hood JD (1952) Brasilian Thysanoptera III. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 65: 141–174.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1986) Patterns of speciation in Neotropical spore-feeding thrips of the genus Zeugmatothrips. Amazoniana 9: 581–594.

Type information

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