Mycterothrips albus

Nomenclatural details

Euthrips albus Moulton, 1911: 39.

Euthrips costalis Jones, 1912: 13.

Rhopalandrothrips corni Moulton, 1927: 34. Synonym (O'Neill, 1972.)

Taeniothrips albipennis Moulton, 1929: 129. Synonym (O'Neill, 1972.)

Taeniothrips albidus Stannard, 1968: 360. Synonym (O'Neill, 1972.)

Biology and Distribution

Described from California USA (E. albus, E. costalis, R. corni, T. albipennis) and Illinois USA (T. albidus).

References

Masumoto M & Okajima S (2006) A revision of and key to the world species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa 1261: 1–90.

O'Neill, K. (1972) Mycterothrips Trybom, a review of the North American species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of America 74(3) 275–282.

Stannard LJ (1968) The Thrips, or Thysanoptera, of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey 29: 213–552.

Moulton D (1929) New California Thysanoptera. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 5: 125–136.

Moulton D (1927) Four new Californian Thysanoptera with notes on two other species. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 4: 30–35.

Jones PR (1912) Some new California and Georgia Thysanoptera. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology 23: 1–24.

Moulton D (1911) Synopsis, catalogue and bibliography of North American Thysanoptera, with descriptions of new species. Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology 21: 1–56.

Type information

Holotype female (E. albus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (R. corni), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (T. albipennis), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype (T. albidus), Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign.