Karnyothrips americanus

Nomenclatural details

Zygothrips americanus Hood, 1912: 114.

Cephalothrips elegans Moulton, 1929: 236.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Illinois USA (Z. americanus) and Tennessee USA under maple bark (C. elegans).

References

Hood JD (1912) A new genus and three new species of North American Thysanoptera. Psyche 19: 113–118.

Moulton D (1929) Contribution to our knowledge of American Thysanoptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 24: 224–244.

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.

Type information

Lectotype female (Z. americanus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype female (C. elegans), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.