Plesiothrips amblycauda

Nomenclatural details

Plesiothrips amblycauda Hood, 1925: 53.

Taeniothrips aberrans Crawford JC, 1941: 184. Synonymised by Mound et al. 2016: 342.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Trinidad; aberrans from Panama onHeliconia leaves..

References

Hood JD (1925) New neotropical Thysanoptera collected by C.B. Williams. Psyche 32: 48–69.

Crawford JC (1941) A new Taeniothrips from Panama (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 43: 184–186.

Mound L, Lima E, O'Donnell C & Cavalleri A. (2016) New World grass thrips of the genus Plesiothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Austral Entomology 55: 340-346.

Type information

Holotype females of both species, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.