Chirothrips falsus

Nomenclatural details

Chirothrips adusta Priesner, 1925: 313.

Chirothrips falsus Priesner, 1925: 312.

Chirothrips simplex Hood, 1927: 128.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Pedregar, Mexico from Tillandsia recurvata (C. falsus) and Denver, Colorado USA (C. simplex).

References

Priesner H (1925) Thysanopterologica I. Zoologisches Jahrbucher 50: 305–319.

Hood JD (1927) New Thysanoptera from the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 35: 123–142.

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.

zur Strassen R (1967) Studies on the genus Chirothrips Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 29: 23–43.

Type information

Holotype female (C. falsus), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Holotype (C. simplex), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.