Chaetanaphothrips leeuweni

Nomenclatural details

Euthrips leeuweni Karny, 1914: 358.

Scirtothrips clarus Moulton, 1942: 8.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Java, Indonesia (E. leeuweni) and Orote Point, Guam where predacious on red spider (S. clarus). Also found on St Vincent island, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica, Grenada and St Lucia.

References

Karny H (1914) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gallen von Java. Zweite Mitteilung über die javanischen Thysanopterocecidien und deren Bewohner. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 10: 355–369.

Moulton D (1942) Thrips of Guam. Bishop Museum Bulletin 172: 7–16.

Kudo I (1985) The Japanese species of the genus Chaetanaphothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Kontyu 53: 311–328.

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

Type information

Holotype female, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype female (S. clarus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.