Apterothrips apteris

Nomenclatural details

Sericothrips apteris Daniel, 1904: 295.

Sericothrips stanfordii Moulton, 1907: 51.

Sericothrips ineptus Ahlberg, 1922: 271.

Apterothrips delamarei Bournier, 1962: 231.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Argentina (A. delamarei), San Francisco, California (USA) (S. apteris, S. stanfordii) and Juan Fernandez island, Chile (S. ineptus).

References

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

Bournier A (1962) Thysanoptères. Etudes sur la Faune du Sol. Biologie de l'Amérique Australe 1: 231–235.

Ahlberg (1922) Thysanoptera from Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. The Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island ed by C Skottsberg, Vol. 3(pt. 2) 1922: pp. 271-276.

Moulton D (1907) A contribution to our knowledge of the Thysanoptera of California. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology. 12/3: 39–68

Daniel SM (1904) New California Thysanoptera. Entomological News 15: 293–297.

Type information

Holotype (A. delamarei), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Syntyoe female (S. stanfordii), Californian Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Syntype (S. apteris), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.