Allothrips watsoni

Nomenclatural details

Allothrips watsoni Hood, 1939: 600.

Allothrips megacephalus watsoni (Hood); Mound 1972: 30.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Monroe County, Florida USA. Apparently restricted to southern Florida, this was regarded as a sub-species of megacephalus by Mound (1972).

References

Hood JD (1939) New north American Thysanoptera, principally from Texas. Revista de Entomologia 10: 550–619.

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