Eurythrips modestus

Nomenclatural details

Malacothrips modestus Bagnall, 1917: 24.

Eurythrips cinctus Hood, 1928: 245.

Eurythrips varius Moulton, 1929: 64.

Eurythrips xanthozonus Hood, 1957: 138.

Biology and Distribution

Described from St Vincent, Virgin Islands (M. modestus), Caura valley, Trinidad (E. cinctus), Baragua, Cuba (E. varius) and Belem, Brazil (E. xanthozonus).

References

Bagnall RS (1917) On a collection of Thysanoptera from St Vincent, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of zoological Research 2: 21–27.

Hood JD (1928) New neotropical Thysanoptera collected by C.B.Williams II. Psyche 34: 230–246.

Moulton D (1929) New Thysanoptera from Cuba. Florida Entomologist 13: 61–66.

Hood JD (1957) New Brazilian Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 70: 129–180.

Mound LA (1976) American leaf-litter Thysanoptera of the genera Erkosothrips, Eurythrips and Terthrothrips (Phlaeothripidae: Phlaeothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 35: 27–64.

Type information

Holotype female (Malacothrips modestus), The Natural History Museum, London.

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

Holotype female(E. varius), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

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