Cricothrips trinidadensis

Nomenclatural details

Plesiopsothrips trinidadensis Hood, 1956: 64.

Wegenerithrips virginianus Johansen & Mojica, 1986: 369.

Biology and Distribution

Described from El Tucuche, Trinidad (P. trinidadensis)

References

Hood JD (1956) A new genus and species of Thripidae (Thysanoptera) from Trinidad. Proceedings of the entomological Society of London B 25: 64–66.

Johansen RM & Mojica AM (1986). Estudio de revision del genero Wegenerithrips Johansen, 1983 (Insecta; Thysanoptera; Thripidae) de trips briofagos. Anales del Instituto de Biologia. Universidad Nacional de Mexico 56: 365–382.

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 (P. trinidadensis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (W. virginianus), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.