Gynaikothrips uzeli

Nomenclatural details

Mesothrips uzeli Zimmermann, 1900: 12.

Phloeothrips longitubus Bagnall, 1909: 534.

Gynaikothrips garitacambroneroi Retana-Salazar, 2006: 6.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Java on young top leaves of Ficus benjamina (M. uzeli, P. longitubus) and Costa Rica (G. garitacambroneroi).

References

Retana-Salazar AP (2006) Variacion morfologica del complejo Gynaikothrips uzeli-ficorum (Phlaeothripidae: Tubulifera). MES (1) 1: 1–9.

Mound LA, Wang C-L & Okajima S (1996) Observations in Taiwan on the identity of the Cuban laurel thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103: 185–190.

Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.

Zimmermann, A. (1900) Über einige javanische Thysanopteren. Bulletin de l’Insitut Botanique de Buitenzorg Java 7: 6–19.

Type information

Holotype (G. garitacambroneroi), Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose.

Syntypes (P. longitubus), The Natural History Museum, London.