Leptothrips macroocellatus

Nomenclatural details

Leptothrips aspersus macro-ocellatus Watson, 1913: 148.

Leptothrips aspersus macroocellatus Watson, 1913; Mound & O'Donnell, 2017: 310.

Leptothrips confusus Johansen, 1987: 89. Synonymised by Mound & O'Donnell, 2017: 310.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Florida USA, on orange leaves; L. confusus also from Florida.

References

Watson JR (1913) New Thysanoptera from Florida. Entomological News 24: 145–148.

Johansen RM (1987) El genero Leptothrips Hood, 1909 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) en el continente Americano: su sistematica, filogenia, biogeografia, bilogia, conducta y ecologia. Monografias del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico 3: 1–246.

Mound LA & O’Donnell, C.A (2017) Predation, phytophagy and character state confusion among North American species of the genus Leptothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa 4294 (3): 301-315.

Type information

Paralectotype, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.

Holotype of L. confusus, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.