View source for Arorathrips xanthius

== Nomenclatural details ==
''Chirothrips xanthius'' Hood, 1934: 408.

''Chirothrips oryzae'' De Santis, 1968: 254. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 95. 
== Biology and Distribution ==
Described from Barro Colorado Island, Panama (''C. xanthius'') and Argentina (''C. oryzae''). Recorded from Brazil.
== References ==
Hood JD (1934) New Thysanoptera from Panama. ''Journal of the New York Entomological Society'' [1933] 41: 407–434. 

de Santis L (1968) Los trips del arroz en la República Argentina (Thysanoptera). ''Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía de La Plata'' 43: 253–257. 

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

Nakahara S & Foottit RG (2012) Review of ''Chirothrips'' and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species. ''Zootaxa'' 3251: 1–29.

== Type information ==
Holotype (''C. xanthius''), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (''C. oryzae''), La Plata Museum.

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