Aurantothrips orchidaceus

Nomenclatural details

Anaphothrips orchidaceus Bagnall, 1909: 33.

Nicolemma garitai Retana-Salazar, 2007: 324.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Wylam-on Tyne, Northumberland, England (A. orchidaceus) and Puerto Rico, Lankaster Botanical Gardens from flowers of Encyclia fragans. Recorded from Glasnevin gardens, Dublin.

References

Bagnall (1909) Preliminary description of a new and injurious thrips. The Entomologist's monthly magazine 45: 33-34.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1–488.

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.

Type information

Holotype female (N. garitai), Museo de Insectos, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose; paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.