Gynaikothrips uzeli
Nomenclatural details
Mesothrips uzeli Zimmermann, 1900: 12.
Phloeothrips longitubus Bagnall, 1909: 534.
Gynaikothrips garitacambroneroi Retana-Salazar, 2006: 6.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Java on young top leaves of Ficus benjamina (M. uzeli, P. longitubus) and Costa Rica (G. garitacambroneroi). It is now widely distributed, particularly in the Americas.
References
Zimmermann, A. (1900) Über einige javanische Thysanopteren. Bulletin de l’Insitut Botanique de Buitenzorg Java 7: 6–19.
Bagnall RS (1909) On some new and little known exotic Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 524–540.
Mound LA, Wang C-L & Okajima S (1996) Observations in Taiwan on the identity of the Cuban laurel thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103: 185–190.
Retana-Salazar AP (2006) Variacion morfologica del complejo Gynaikothrips uzeli-ficorum (Phlaeothripidae: Tubulifera). MES (1) 1: 1–9.
Type information
Syntypes (M. uzeli), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
Holotype (G. garitacambroneroi), Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose.
Syntypes (P. longitubus), The Natural History Museum, London.
