Aurantothrips

Genus information

Aurantothrips Bhatti, 1978: 90. Type species Anaphothrips orchidaceus Bagnall 1909, by monotypy.

Nicolemma Retana-Salazar, 2007: 324. Type species Anaphothrips orchidaceus Bagnall 1909. Synonymised by Goldarazena et al. 2008: 966.

Biology and Distribution

Neotropical, in flowers of orchids.

References

Bhatti JS (1978) Systematics of Anaphothrips Uzel 1895 sensu latu and some related genera. Senckenbergiana biologica 59: 85–114.

Retana-Salazar AP (2007) Los tisanopteros del grupo generico Anaphothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), con enfasis en America Central. Revista de Biologia Tropical 55(1): 321–333.

Goldarazena A, Mound LA & Zur Strassen R (2008) Nomenclatural problems among Thysanoptera (Insecta) of Costa Rica. Revista Biologia Tropical 56: 961-968.

Species

Aurantothrips orchidaceus (Bagnall, 1909)

Aurantothrips orchidearum (Bondar, 1931)