Neosmerinthothrips variipes

Nomenclatural details

Gastrothrips variipes Hood, 1950: 16.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Jacarepagua, Distrito Federal, Brazil from dry twigs. Also collected from Sao Carlos, Estado de Sao Paulo.

References

Hood JD (1950) Brasilian Thysanoptera II. Revista de Entomologia. 21: 1–113.

Mound LA (1974) The Nesothrips complex of spore-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Idolothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 31: 109–188.

Type information

Holotype female, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.