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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.