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Eurythrips tarsalis

Eurythrips tarsalis Hood, 1925: 220.

Original reference: Hood JD (1925) Four new Phloeothripidae from the United States (Thysanoptera). Canadian Entomologist 56: 218–222.

 

Family             

Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae

 

Nomenclatural information

http://thrips.info/wiki/Eurythrips_tarsalis

 

World distribution

Described from the USA. Recorded from Brazil.

 

Distribution in Brazil

http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/43202 

 

Life history

Lives in leaf-litter where possibly feeds on fungal hyphae.

 

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. 

Mound LA (1976) American leaf-litter Thysanoptera of the genera Erkosothrips, Eurythrips and Terthrothrips (Phlaeothripidae: Phlaeothripinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 35(2): 1–64.


Published in: 15/06/2017
Posted by: Mariana Lindner

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