Thrips helianthi

Nomenclatural details

Thrips helianthi Morgan, 1913: 23.

Thrips walteri Crawford JC, 1938: 37.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Clarksville, Tennessee USA from Helianthus sp (T. helianthi) and District of Colombia from Eupatorium purpureum (T. walteri).

References

Nakahara S (1994) The genus Thrips Linnaeus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the New World. Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture 1822: 1–183.

Crawford JC (1938) Some new or little known Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 40: 35–43.

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 (T. walteri), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntype (T. helianthi), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.