Ambaeolothrips romanruizi

Aeolothrips romanruizi_female from Mexico on mango; pterothoracic nota and tergite I (LA Mound)

Nomenclatural details

Aeolothrips romanruizi Ruiz-De la Cruz, Vasquez-Lopez, Retana-Salazar, Mora-Aguilera & Johansen-Naime, 2013: 29.

Biology and Distribution

apparently phytophagous on flowers and leaves of mango. Described from San Pedro, Oaxaca, Mexico from mangoes, specimens collected between Panama and southern Mexico.

References

Ruiz-De la Cruz J, Vasquez-Lopez A, Retana-Salazar AP, Mora-Aguilera JA & Johansen-Naime R (2013) A new species of Aeolothrips (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) from mango crops in Oaxaca, Mexico. Florida Entomologist 96 (1): 29-35.

Mound LA, Cavalleri A, O’Donnell CH, Infante F, Ortiz A & Goldarazena A (2016) Ambaeolothrips: a new genus of Neotropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera), with observations on the type-species from mango trees in Mexico. Zootaxa 4132: 413–421.

Type information

Holotype female, Universidad de Costa Rica.

Paratypes, Centro Interdisciplinaro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR).