Diceratothrips

Genus information

Diceratothrips Bagnall, 1908: 193. Type species Diceratothrips bicornis Bagnall, by monotypy.

Eulophothrips Schmutz, 1909: 278. Type species Eulophothrips robustus Schmutz, by monotypy. Synonymised by Priesner, 1949: 129.

Megalomerothrips Watson, 1919: 99. Type species Megalomerothrips eupatorii Watson, by monotypy. Synonymised by Priesner, 1949: 136.

Diceratothrips (Endacnothrips) Priesner, 1933: 147. Type species Diceratothrips (Endacnothrips) horridus Priesner, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

The species in this genus are from the Neotropics and southern USA.

References

Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.

Schmutz K (1909) Zur Kenntnis einiger neuen Thysanopterengenera (Tubulifera). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 23: 273–281.

Watson JR (1919) New Thysanoptera from Florida IV. Florida Buggist 2: 97–102.

Priesner H (1933) Neue exotische Thysanopteren. Stylops 2: 145–156.

Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) The generic and tribal classification of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46: 1-174.

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

Species

Diceratothrips bennetti Mound & Palmer, 1983

Diceratothrips bicornis Bagnall, 1908

Diceratothrips cornutus Hood, 1952

Diceratothrips cubensis Hood, 1941

Diceratothrips delicatus Hood, 1941

Diceratothrips garciaamaroae Johansen, 1981

Diceratothrips harti Hood, 1912

Diceratothrips horridus Priesner, 1933

Diceratothrips inferorum Priesner, 1933

Diceratothrips longipes Hood, 1912

Diceratothrips nigricauda (Hood, 1925)

Diceratothrips obscuricornis Hood, 1941

Diceratothrips pallidior Priesner, 1933

Diceratothrips picticornis Hood, 1914

Diceratothrips robustus (Schmutz, 1909)

Diceratothrips sakimurai Johansen, 1977

Diceratothrips setigenis Hood, 1941

Diceratothrips validipennis (Hood, 1938)