Pristothrips albipunctatus

Nomenclatural details

Pristothrips albipunctatus Hood, 1925: 62.

Celetothrips breviceps Morgan, 1929: 1.

Pristothrips peruviensis Hood, 1938: 168.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Honduras (C. breviceps), St. George, Trinidad (P. albicinctus) and Junin, Peru (P. peruviensis). Recorded from Costa Rica and Panama.

References

Hood JD (1925) New neotropical Thysanoptera collected by C.B. Williams. Psyche 32: 48–69.

Hood JD (1938) Studies in Neotropical Thysanoptera VI. Revista de Entomologia 8: 161–187.

Morgan AC (1929) A new genus and five new species of Thysanoptera foreigh to the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 31: 1–9.

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

Type information

Holotype male (P. albipunctatus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (P. peruviensis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Paratype (C. breviceps), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.