Pseudophilothrips avocadis

Nomenclatural details

Liothrips avocadis Hood, 1935: 97.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Ancon, Canal zone, Panama from avocado.

References

Hood JD (1935) Ten new Thysanoptera from Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48: 83–106.

Pitkin BR (1978) Lectotype designations of certain species of thrips described by J.D.Hood and notes on his collection (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 264–295.

Mound, L.A., Wheeler, G. & Williams, D.A (2010) Resolving cryptic species with morphology and DNA; thrips as a potential biocontrol agent of Brazilian peppertree, with a new species and overview of Pseudophilothrips (Thysanoptera) Zootaxa 2432: 59-68.

Type information

Lectotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.