Allothrips acutus

Nomenclatural details

Allothrips watsoni acuta Stannard, 1955: 154.

Allothrips megacephalus acutus (Stannard); Mound, 1972: 28.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Mexico, acutus was considered a sub-species of megacephalus by Mound (1972).

References

Stannard LJ (1955) The species and subspecies of North American Allothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 48: 151–157.

Mound LA (1972) Polytypic species of spore-feeding Thysanoptera in the genus Allothrips Hood (Phlaeothripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11: 23-36.

Type information

Holotype female, Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana; paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.