Gastrothrips heterocerus

Nomenclatural details

Barythrips heterocerus Hood, 1925: 66.

Biology and Distribution

Described from the West Indies (St Croix) from grass and epiphytic bromeliad of a tree.

References

Hood JD (1925) New neotropical Thysanoptera collected by C.B. Williams. Psyche 32: 48–69.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174.

Type information

Syntype male and female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.