Eupathithrips silvestrii

Nomenclatural details

Heterothrips silvestrii Buffa, 1908: 124.

Eupathithrips spectator Hood, 1934: 73.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Argentina (H. silvestrii) and Barro Colorado Island, Panama on dead branches and molding fruit of Corozo Palm (E. spectator). Recorded from Costa Rica on dead Hura crepitans (Mound & Marullo, 1996.

References

Buffa P (1908) Tisanotteri nuovi. (Nota preliminare). Redia 5: 123-125.

Hood JD (1934) Some further new Thysanoptera from Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 47: 57–81.

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

Type information

Holotype (E. spectator), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.