Pseudothrips retanae

Nomenclatural details

Pseudothrips retanae Mound & Marullo, 1996: 181.

Linneothrips bicolor Johansen & Mojica-Guzman, 1996 [95]: 62.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Costa Rica from tree fern (P. retanae). L. bicolor also from Costa Rica. P. retanae recorded from Colombia from young tree fern fronds.

References

Johansen & Mojica-Guzman (1996) A review of the Tribe Humboldthripini Johansen (Insecta, Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Folia entomologica Mexicana 93 [1995]: 39-70. [RMJ & Mojica-Guzman A]

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

Goldarazena A, Mound LA & zur Strassen R (2008) Nomenclatural problems among Thysanoptera (Insecta) of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 56 (2): 1–8.

Type information

Holotype female (P. retanae), The Natural History Museum, London.

Holotype (L. bicolor), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.