Damerothrips gemmatus

Nomenclatural Details

Damerothrips gemmatus Hood, 1954: 19

Biology and Disribution

Known only from the type specimens collected in Brazil from dead twigs, and presumably fungus feeding.

References

Hood JD (1954) Brasilian Thysanoptera IV. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 17-54.

Mound LA & O'Neill K (1974) Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 8: 481-509.

Type information

Holotype, female in US National Museum, Washington