Macrophthalmothrips hemipteroides

Nomenclatural details

Ophthalmothrips hemipteroides Priesner, 1921: 215.

Macrophthalmothrips narcissus Hood, 1934: 76.

Macrophthalmothrips exilicornis Hood, 1942: 600.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Paraguay (O. hemipteroides), Panama (M. narcissus) and Trinidad (M. excilicornis). Also collected from Belize, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica (Mound & Marullo 1996).

References

Priesner H (1921) Neue und wenig bekannte Thysanopteren der neotropischen Fauna aus der Sammlung des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 1921: 187–223.

Hood JD (1934) Some further new Thysanoptera from Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 47: 57–81.

Hood JD (1942) A century of new American Thysanoptera III. Revista de Entomologia 13: 547–678.

Mound LA & Marullo R (1996) The Thrips of Central and South America: An Introduction. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-488.

Type information

Holotype (M. narcissus), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Holotype (M. exilicornis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Lectotype (O. hemipteroides), Zoologishes Museum an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.