Hoplothrips bruneri

Nomenclatural details

Plectrothrips bruneri Watson, 1933: 18.

Hoplothrips psidii Moulton, 1933: 236.

Hoplothrips (Trichothrips) wilsoni Watson, 1937: 17

Biology and Distribution

Described from Cuba (P. bruneri), Florida USA from the trunk of a silk oak tree infected with Diplodia rot (H. wilsoni) and Bahia, Brazil on Psidium sp. (H. psidii) .

References

Watson JR (1933) Two new species of Plectrothrips. Florida Entomologist 17: 16-18, 33-34.

Moulton D (1933) The Thysanoptera of South America III. Revista de Entomologia 3: 227–262.

Watson JR (1937) Thysanoptera of the Geenton, cont'd. Florida Entomologist 20: 17–21.

Type information

Holotype female (H. psidii), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype (H. wilsoni), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.