Arorathrips crassus

Nomenclatural details

Chirothrips crassus Hinds, 1902: 136.

Chirothrips obesus Hinds, 1902: 136.

Chirothrips hubbelli Watson, 1926: 58.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Amherst, Massachusetts USA (C. crassus, C. obesus) and Dickson County, Florida USA from grass and roots (C. hubbelli).

References

Hinds WE (1902) Contribution to a monograph of the insects of the order Thysanoptera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23: 79–242.

Watson JR (1926) New Thysanoptera from Florida XIII. Florida Entomologist 9: 58–60.

zur Strassen R (1960) Key to and catalogue of the known species of Chirothrips Haliday, 1836 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 144–176.

Nakahara S & Foottit RG (2012) Review of Chirothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species. Zootaxa 3251: 1–29.

Type information

Syntype (C. crassus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntype (C. obesus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (C. hubbelli), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.