Retanathrips silvestris

Nomenclatural details

Taeniothrips silvestris Hood, 1935: 83.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Barro Colorado island, Panama on Dichorisandra hexandra. Recorded from Costa Rica from Randia karstenii and Trinidad.

References

Hood JD (1935) Ten new Thysanoptera from Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 48: 83–106.

Pitkin BR (1978) Lectotype designations of certain species of thrips described by J.D.Hood and notes on his collection (Thysanoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 264–295.

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

Type information

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