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

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.

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

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

Type information

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

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