Leptothrips mcconelli

Nomenclatural details

Liothrips mcconelli Crawford DL, 1910: 163. Synonym in Hood, 1914: 162.

Leptothrips primigenus Johansen, 1987: 72. Synonymised by Mound & O'Donnell, 2017: 311.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Guadalajara, Mexico; L. primigenus from California.

References

Crawford DL (1910) Thysanoptera of Mexico and the south II. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 2: 153–170.

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

Lectotype, California Academy of Sciences; holotype (L. primigenus), The Natural History Museum, London.