Psydrothrips kewi

Psydrothrips kewi head and thorax [L A Mound]

Nomenclatural details

Psydrothrips kewi Palmer & Mound, 1985: 192.

Biology and Distribution

Described from a glasshouse in Kew Gardens, London from Philodendron sinuatum from Trinidad. Recorded from Mexico.

References

Palmer JM & Mound LA (1985) New World Thripidae (Thysanoptera) with nine-segmented antennae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 84: 181–194.

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

Type information

Holotype female, The Natural History Museum, London.