Diceratothrips bicornis
Nomenclatural details
Diceratothrips bicornis Bagnall, 1908: 194.
Diceratothrips armatus Bagnall, 1910: 385. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 44.
Dichaetothrips williamsi Karny, 1920: 92. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 44.
Diceratothrips persimilis Priesner, 1925: 25. Synonymised by Mound & Palmer, 1983: 44.
Diceratothrips princeps Hood, 1934: 68. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 218.
Diceratothrips hercules Johansen, 1979: 59. Synonymised by Mound & Marullo, 1996: 218.
Biology and Distribution
Widespread from Mexico to Brazil.
References
Bagnall RS (1908) On some new genera and species of Thysanoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland 3: 183–217.
Bagnall RS (1910) A contribution towards a knowledge of the neotropical Thysanoptera. Journal of the Linnean Society Zoology 30: 369–387.
Karny H (1920) Die exotischen Tubuliferen (Thysanoptera) des Deutschen Entomologischen Museums (Berlin-Dahlem). Entomologische Mitteilungen 9: 88–94.
Priesner H (1925) Neue Thysanopteren. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1925: 13-28.
Hood JD (1934) Some further new Thysanoptera from Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 47: 57-81.
Johansem RM (1979) Nuevos Trips Tubuliferos (Insecta: Thysanoptera) de Mexico IV. Anales del Instituto de Biologia. Universidad Nacional de Mexico 48 [1977]: 51-70.
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.
Type information
Holotype female (D. bicolor), The Natural History Museum, London.
Syntypes (D. armatus), The Natural History Museum, London.
Holotype female (D. williamsi), Deutsches Entomologisches Institute, Eberswalde.
Holotype female (D. persimilis), Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
Holotype female (D. princeps), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
Holotype female (D. hercules), Universidad Nacional de Mexico.
