Uzelothrips scabrosus

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Sternites

Nomenclatural details

Uzelothrips scabrosus Hood, 1952: 143.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Belem, Para, Brazil. Apparently fungus feeding on dead twigs, this species has been recorded from Angola, Singapore and SE Queensland, Australia.

References

Hood JD (1952) Brasilian Thysanoptera III. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 65: 141-174.

Mound LA, Heming BS & Palmer JM (1980) Phylogenetic relationships between the families of recent Thysanoptera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 69: 111-141.

Type material

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