Chirothripoides typicus Bagnall, 1915: 505.

Original reference: Bagnall RS (1915) On a collection of Thysanoptera from the West Indies, with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Linnean Society Zoology 32: 495–507.

Family             

Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae

Nomenclatural information

http://thrips.info/wiki/Chirothripoides_typicus 

World distribution

Described from Verdant vale, Trinidad, recorded from Brazil and Costa Rica.

Distribution in Brazil

http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/79718 

Life history

Lives on leaf-litter and dead twigs.

Economic importance

Not recorded.

References suggested

Jacot-Guillarmod (1978) Thysanoptera Catalogue in: Annals of the Cape provincial Museums. Published jointly by the Cape provincial museums at the Albany Museum 7:1257–1724.

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

Okajima S (1981) A revision of the tribe Plectrothripini of fungus-feeding Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae: Phlaeothripinae). Systematic Entomology 6: 291–336.