Neohydatothrips portoricensis

Nomenclatural details

Sericothrips portoricensis Morgan, 1925: 3.

Neohydatothrips latereostriatus John, 1929: 34.

Scirtothrips batatae Bondar, 1930: 19.

Sericothrips extremus Moulton, 1941: 316.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Puerto Rico (S. portoricensis) and Brazil (N. latereostriatus, S. batatae, S. extremus).

References

Morgan AC (1925) A new genus, a new subgenus and seven new species of Thysanoptera from Porto Rico. Florida Entomologist 9: 1–7.

John O (1929) A new species of Thysanoptera from Brazil, representing a new genus. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belge 69: 33–36.

Bondar (1930) Insectos damninhos e molestias da batata doce no Brasil. O Campo Rio de Janeiro 1(no. 9): pp. 17-20.

Moulton D (1941) Thysanoptera from Minas Geraes, Brazil (second paper). Revista de Entomologia 12: 314–322.

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

Type information

Holotype female (S. extremus), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Holotype female (N. latereostriatus), BMNH, London

Syntype (S. portoricensis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Syntype (S. batatae), in Instituto Biologico, Sao Paulo, Brazil.