Ambaeolothrips pampeanus

Nomenclatural details

Aeolothrips pampeanus Mound, Cavalleri, O’Donnell, Infante, Ortiz & Goldarazena, 2016: 420.

Biology and Distribution

Known only from two females (one on grass leaves and another on Lonchocarpus campestris, Fabaceae) in southern Brazil.

References

Mound LA, Cavalleri A, O’Donnell CH, Infante F, Ortiz A & Goldarazena A (2016) Ambaeolothrips: a new genus of Neotropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera), with observations on the type-species from mango trees in Mexico. Zootaxa 4132: 413–421.

Type information

Holotype female, Universidad de Costa Rica.

Paratypes, Centro Interdisciplinaro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR).

Holotype female: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state, Porto Alegre, on grass leaves, 05.xii.2011 (Cavalleri A) [Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, São Lourenço do Sul, Brazil: UFRGS 1432]. Paratype: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state, Catuípe, 1 female on Lonchocarpus campestris [Fabaceae], 27.xi.2008 (Santos FL) [UFRGS 1433].