Heterothrips

Heterothrips arisaemae

Genus information

Heterothrips Hood, 1908: 361. Type species Heterothrips arisaemae Hood, 1908, by monotypy.

Phyllothrips Buffa, 1908: 123. Type species Phyllothrips pilosus Buffa, 1908, by monotypy.

Phyllothripsiolus Strand, 1912: 287. Replacement name for Phyllothrips Buffa not Phyllothrips Hood.

Heterothrips (Protemnothrips) Hood, 1937: 258. Type species Heterothrips (Protemnothrips) miconiae Hood 1937, by monotypy.

Biology and Distribution

The species of this genus are found only in the New World, mainly in the Neotropics, and so far as is known they all breed in flowers. A substantial number of species have been taken from the flowers of various Malpighiaceae.

Click to see a list of the 77 species.

References

Hood JD (1908) New genera and species of Illinois Thysanoptera. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 8: 361–379.

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

Strand, E. (1912). Drei neuen gattungsnamen in Arthropoda. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift. 5: 287

Hood JD (1937) Studies on Neotropical Thysanoptera IV. Revista de Entomologia 7: 255–296.

Pereyra V & Cavalleri A (2012) The genus Heterothrips (Thysanoptera) in Brazil, with an identification key and seven new species. Zootaxa 3237: 1–23.

Species

A Heterothrips aesculi Watson, 1915 Heterothrips albipennis Pereyra & Cavalleri, 2012 Heterothrips alvarezi Johansen, 1981 (1979) Heterothrips analis Hood, 1915 Heterothrips angusticeps Hood, 1954 Heterothrips animosus Johansen, 1986 Heterothrips anodae Johansen, 1989 Heterothrips araucaniae Berzosa & Maroto, 1999 Heterothrips arisaemae Hood, 1908 Heterothrips auranticornis Watson, 1922 Heterothrips australis Pereyra & Cavalleri, 2012 Heterothrips azaleae Hood, 1916 B Heterothrips bicolor Hood, 1954 Heterothrips bolivianus Stannard, 1971 Heterothrips brasiliensis Moulton, 1932 C Heterothrips cacti Hood, 1955 Heterothrips californiensis Johansen, 1989 Heterothrips castaneus Johansen, 1981 Heterothrips clusiae Hood, 1955 Heterothrips condei Moulton, 1932 Heterothrips cuernavacae Wilson & Watson, 1939 D Heterothrips decacornis Crawford DL, 1909 Heterothrips decoratus Hood, 1954 E Heterothrips ephemerus Wiesenborn, 2023 Heterothrips eversi Stannard, 1958 F Heterothrips fimbriatus Hood, 1934 Heterothrips flavicornis Hood, 1915 Heterothrips flavicruris Hood, 1934 Heterothrips flavidus Hood, 1954 Heterothrips flavitibia Moulton, 1932 G Heterothrips gillettei Moulton, 1929 H Heterothrips hondurensis Retana-Salazar, 2009 J Heterothrips johanseni Berzosa & Maroto, 1999 Heterothrips julius Stannard, 1971 L Heterothrips lankesteriensis Retana-Salazar, 2009 Heterothrips lasquerellae Hood, 1939 Heterothrips lewisi Mound & Marullo, 1996 Heterothrips limbatus Hood, 1925 Heterothrips lopezae Retana-Salazar, 2009 Heterothrips lyoniae Hood, 1916

M Heterothrips marginatus Hood, 1954 Heterothrips mexicanus Watson, 1924 Heterothrips miconiae Hood, 1937 Heterothrips mimosae Mound & Marullo, 1996 Heterothrips minor Hood, 1915 Heterothrips moestus De Santis, 1966 Heterothrips myrceugenellae Gallego, 1973 N † Heterothrips nani Schliephake, 2001 Heterothrips nouraguensis Ulitzka, 2004 O Heterothrips obscurus Pereyra & Cavalleri, 2012 Heterothrips oneillae Medina Gaud, 1963 Heterothrips ornatus Hood, 1938 P Heterothrips pastraniae Tapia, 1952 Heterothrips paulistarum Pereyra & Cavalleri, 2012 Heterothrips pectinifer Hood, 1915 Heterothrips pedicellatus Pereyra & Cavalleri, 2012 Heterothrips peixotoa Del-Claro, Marullo & Mound, 1997 Heterothrips pilarae de Borbon, 2010 Heterothrips pilosus (Buffa, 1908) Heterothrips pithecolobiumaffinis Johansen, 1989 Heterothrips prosopidis Crawford JC, 1943 Heterothrips pubescens Hood, 1934 Q Heterothrips quercicola Crawford JC, 1942 S Heterothrips salicis Shull, 1909 Heterothrips sanctaecatharinae Pereyra & Cavalleri, 2012 Heterothrips savanicus Pereyra & Cavalleri, 2012 Heterothrips sericatus Hood, 1913 Heterothrips spinosus Moulton, 1932 Heterothrips stellae de Borbon, 2010 Heterothrips striatus Moulton, 1932 T Heterothrips trinidadensis Hood, 1955 V Heterothrips varitibia Moulton, 1932 Heterothrips vernus Hood, 1939 Heterothrips vitifloridus Bailey & Cott, 1954 Heterothrips vitis Hood, 1916 W Heterothrips watsoni Bailey & Cott, 1954 X Heterothrips xolismae Hood, 1936