Leptothrips papago

Nomenclatural details

Leptothrips papago Hood, 1939: 209.

Leptothrips acaciae Hood, 1939: 211. Synonymised by Johansen, 1987: 79.

Leptothrips robustus Johansen, 1987: 47. Synonymised by Mound & O'Donnell, 2017: 313.

Leptothrips arizonensis Johansen, 1987: 76. Synonymised by Mound & O'Donnell, 2017: 313.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Arizona USA; robustus from Wyoming; arizonensis and acaciae from Arizona.

References

Hood JD (1939) Seven new Phlaeothripidae from the United States. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 33: 205–218.

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).

Type information

Holotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Holotype of robustus and arizonensis, The Natural History Museum, London.