Zeugmatothrips
Genus information
Zeugmatothrips Priesner, 1925: 313. Type species Zeugmatothrips hispidus Priesner, by monotypy.
The 18 species listed below are here interpreted as representing a single genus. In contrast, Retana-Salazar (2009) proposed the following two genera for the species indicated: Apozeugmatothrips Retana-Salazar, 2009: 96. Type species Zeugmatothrips borgmeieri Hood; together with cinctus Hood, gracilis Hood, pallidulus Hood and peltatus Hood. Plesiozeugmatothrips Retana-Salazar, 2009: 99. Type species Zeugmatothrips mumbaca Hood, by monotypy.
Biology and Distribution
This genus includes about 18 species that are found throughout the Neotropics, living mainly in leaf litter.
References
Priesner H (1925) Thysanopterologica I. Zoologisches Jahrbucher 50: 305–319.
Mound LA & Palmer JM (1986) Patterns of speciation in Neotropical spore-feeding thrips of the genus Zeugmatothrips. Amazoniana 9: 581–594.
Retana-Salazar, A.P. (2009) Monografía de lo Grupos Genéricos Anactinothrips-Zeugmatothrips (Tubulifera: Idolothripinae). Editorial Fundación Instituto Centroamericano para la Investigación en Biología y Conservación (ECIBRC). Costa Rica. 140pp.
Species
Zeugmatothrips annulipes Hood, 1941
Zeugmatothrips badiicornis Hood, 1936
Zeugmatothrips badiipes Hood, 1937
Zeugmatothrips bennetti Mound & Palmer, 1986
Zeugmatothrips bispinosus Hood, 1937
Zeugmatothrips borgmeieri Hood, 1949
Zeugmatothrips cinctus Hood, 1952
Zeugmatothrips femoralis Hood, 1952
Zeugmatothrips gerardoi Soto & Retana, 2002
Zeugmatothrips gracilis Hood, 1952
Zeugmatothrips hispidus Priesner, 1925
Zeugmatothrips hoodi Priesner, 1927
Zeugmatothrips mumbaca Hood, 1952
Zeugmatothrips niger Hood, 1952
Zeugmatothrips pallidulus Hood, 1958
Zeugmatothrips peltatus Hood, 1949
Zeugmatothrips priesneri Hood, 1935
Zeugmatothrips verae Soto & Retana, 2002
