Ethirothrips firmus

Nomenclatural details

Gastrothrips firmus Hood, 1952: 162.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Itanhaen, Sao Paulo, Brazil from dead branches. Also reported to Nayarit, Mexico, by Valenzuela-Garcia et al. (2011).

References

Hood JD (1952) Brasilian Thysanoptera III. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 65: 141–174.

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

Pitkin BR (1978) Lectotype designations of certain species of thrips described by J.D. Hood and notes on his collection (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 264–295.

Valenzuela-García RD, Retana-Salazar AP, García-Martínez O & Carvajal-Cazola C (2011) New records of thrips from Mesoamerica and comments regarding specific characters (Tubulifera: Phlaeothripidae). Florida Entomologist 94(2): 372–373.

Type information

Lectotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.