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Orthothrips leptura

Orthothrips leptura Hood, 1952: 151.

Original reference: Hood JD (1952) Brasilian Thysanoptera III. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 65: 141–174.

 

Family             

Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae

 

Nomenclatural information

http://thrips.info/wiki/Orthothrips_leptura

 

World distribution

Described from Para, Brazil.

 

Distribution in Brazil

http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/53011 

 

Life history

Lives in dead leaves of Astrocaryum mumbaca.

 

Economic importance

No records.

 

References suggested

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

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.


Published in: 06/08/2018
Posted by: Mariana Lindner

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