Thrips helianthi

Nomenclatural details

Thrips helianthi Morgan, 1913: 23.

Thrips walteri Crawford JC, 1938: 37.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Clarksville, Tennessee USA from Helianthus sp (T. helianthi) and District of Colombia from Eupatorium purpureum (T. walteri).

References

Morgan AC (1913) New genera and species of Thysanoptera with notes on distribution and food plants. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46: 1–55.

Crawford JC (1938) Some new or little known Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 40: 35–43.

Nakahara S (1994) The genus Thrips Linnaeus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the New World. Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture 1822: 1–183.

Type information

Holotype female (T. walteri), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; paratype female in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.

Syntype (T. helianthi), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.