Orothrips yosemitii

Nomenclatural details

Orothrips yosemitii Moulton, 1911: 13.

Orothrips raoi Moulton, 1927: 184. Synonymised by Marullo & Mound, 1994: 563.

Orothrips variabilis Moulton, 1927: 184. Synonymised by Bailey, 1949.

Biology and Distribution

Described from California USA, widespread in western USA, in flowers of Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae). O. raoi was stated to be from India, but this was probably an error (Marullo & Mound, 1994).

References

Moulton D (1911) Synopsis, catalogue and bibliography of North American Thysanoptera, with descriptions of new species . Technical series, USDA Bureau of Entomology. 21 : 1–56.

Bailey SF (1949) The genus Orothrips Moulton. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 25: 104-112.

Marullo R & Mound LA (1994) The Erythrothrips complex of tropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) with a new Australian genus and a new South African species. Entomologica Scandinavica 24: 285-291.

Hoddle HS, Mound LA & Paris D (2012) Thrips of California 2012. [1]

Type information

Holotype females, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.