Gnophothrips fuscus

Nomenclatural details

Trichothrips fuscus Morgan, 1913: 30.

Gnophothrips megaceps Hood & Williams, 1915: 133.

Gnophothrips piniphilus Crawford JC, 1938: 39.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Florida USA on Lindera sp. (Morgan, 1913.), recorded from Long Island, New York USA on Pinus sp.(Crawford et al, 1938).

References

Morgan AC (1913) New genera and species of Thysanoptera with notes on distribution and food plants. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46: 1–55.

Hood JD & Williams CB (1915) New Thysanoptera from Florida and Louisiana. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 23: 121–138.

Crawford JC (1938) Some new or little known Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 40: 35–43.

Type information

Holotype female (T. fuscus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (G. megaceps), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (G. piniphilus) National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; male & female paratypes in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.