Haplothrips (Haplothrips) gowdeyi

Nomenclatural details

Anthothrips gowdeyi Franklin, 1908: 724.

Anthothrips usitatus Bagnall, 1910: 695.

Anthothrips variabilis Crawford DL, 1910: 166.

Haplothrips brevicollis Bagnall, 1913: 296.

Haplothrips karnyi Bagnall, 1913: 296.

Haplothrips soror Schmutz, 1913: 1036.

Haplothrips sororcula Schmutz, 1913: 1036.

Anthothrips dozieri Watson, 1918: 71.

Haplothrips mahensis Bagnall, 1921: 267.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Florida USA (A. dozieri), Barbados (A. gowdeyi), Hawaii USA (A. usitatus), Cuba (A. variabilis), Kenya (H. brevicollis), Tanzania (H. karnyi) Sri Lanka (H. soror, H. sororcula) and Seychelles (H. mahensis). Recorded from Japan. Occurs mostly on Poaceae plants (Okajima, 2006).

References

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

Pitkin BR (1973) A revision of the Australian Haplothripini, with descriptions of three new species (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 315–339.

Bagnall RS (1921) On Thysanoptera from the Seychelles Islands and Rodrigues. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)7: 257–293.

Watson Jr (1918) Thysanoptera of Florida. Florida Buggist 2: 65–77.

Bagnall RS (1913) Brief descriptions of new Thysanoptera I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)12: 290–299.

Schmutz K (1913) Zur Kenntnis der Thysanopterenfauna von Ceylon. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 122 (7): 991–1089 + 6 plates.

Crawford DL (1910) Thysanoptera of Mexico and the south II. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 2: 153–170.

Bagnall RS (1910) Thysanoptera. Fauna hawaiiensis London: Cambridge University Press. Vol. 3 pp. 669–701

Franklin HJ (1908) On a collection of Thysanopterous insects from Barbados and St Vincent Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33: 715–730.

Type information

Holotype female (H. karnyi), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype female (H. mahensis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Syntype female (H. brevicollis), The Natural History Museum, London.

Paratype (A. gowdeyi), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Unknown type (A. dozieri), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.