Coremothrips nubilicus Hood, 1954: 213.

Original reference: Hood JD (1954) Brasilian Thysanoptera V. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 195–214.

Family

Thripidae, Thripinae

Nomenclatural information

http://thrips.info/wiki/Coremothrips_nubilicus

Diagnosis

Species not studied in the present work. Body and legs are uniformly pale, except antennal segments IV-VIII which are brown. The head bears two pairs of very long and fringed setae and the antennae have 8 segments.

Male not studied. 

Intraspecific variation

Not recorded.

Genus and similar species information

This genus comprises two species, both described from the Neotropics, and possibly related to Corynothrips and Rhabdothrips (Mound & Marullo 1996). Coremothrips nubilicus was described from Brazil and can be distinguished from C. pallidus by the 8-segmented antennae.

World distribution

Known only from Brazil.

Distribution in Brazil

http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/31605 

Life history

Possibly breeding on leaves; it was described from Dalbergia (Fabaceae).

Economic importance

Not recorded.                         

References suggested

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