Echinothrips americanus

Nomenclatural details

Echinothrips americanus Morgan, 1913: 14.

Dictyothrips floridensis Watson, 1919: 2.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Florida USA, seen also from Tennessee USA and Missouri USA.

References

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

Watson JR (1919) Additions to the Thysanoptera of Florida VI. Florida Buggist 3: 2–7.

Morgan AC (1913) New genera and species of Thysanoptera with notes on distribution and food plants. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46: 1–55.

Type information

Holotype female (D. floridiensis), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.

Paratype & allotype (E. americanus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.