Metriothrips

Genus information

Metriothrips Hood, 1936: 275. Type species Metriothrips midas Hood, 1936, by monotypy.

Darwiniothrips Johansen, 1983: 66. Darwiniothrips mayri Johansen, 1983, by monotypy. Synonym by Mound & Marullo, 1996.

Biology and Distribution

Neotropical genus, species presumably fungus-feeding.

References

Hood JD (1936) Studies in Neotropical Thysanoptera I. Revista de Entomologia 6: 248–279.

Johansen RM (1983) Nuevos Trips Tubuliferos (Insecta: Thysanoptera) de Mexico XI. Anales del Instituto de Biologia. Universidad Nacional de Mexico 53: 55–89.

Species

Metriothrips angusticapitis (Johansen, 1994)

Metriothrips bournieri (Johansen, 1994)

Metriothrips mayri (Johansen, 1983)

Metriothrips midas Hood, 1936

Metriothrips secundus Crawford JC, 1947

Metriothrips tzararacuaensis (Johansen, 1994)