Karnyothrips americanus

Nomenclatural details

Zygothrips americanus Hood, 1912: 114.

Cephalothrips elegans Moulton, 1929: 236.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Illinois USA (Z. americanus) and Tennessee USA under maple bark (C. elegans).

References

Pitkin BR (1978) Lectotype designations of certain species of thrips described by J.D.Hood and notes on his collection (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 264–295.

Moulton D (1929) Contribution to our knowledge of American Thysanoptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 24: 224–244.

Hood JD (1912) A new genus and three new species of North American Thysanoptera. Psyche 19: 113–118.

Type information

Lectotype female (Z. americanus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (C. elegans), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.