Liothrips (Liothrips) floridensis

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Nomenclatural details

Cryptothrips floridensis Watson, 1913: 145.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Satsuma, Florida USA from Cinnamon camphor. Recorded from Japan (Okajima, 2006).

References

Okajima S (2006) The Insects of Japan. Volume 2. The suborder Tubulifera (Thysanoptera). Fukuoka : Touka Shobo Co. Ltd. pp. 1–720.

Priesner H (1968) On the genera allied to Liothrips of the Oriental fauna II (Insecta-Thysanoptera). Treubia 27: 175–285.

Priesner stated that floridensis "will have to be" transferred to Manothrips, but this was never carried out formally and there is no evidence that floridensis is more closely related to the type species of Manothrips than to that of Liothrips.

Watson JR (1913) New Thysanoptera from Florida. Entomological News 24: 145–148.

Type information

Holotype female, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.