Original reference: Priesner H (1923) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Surinams. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 66: 88–111.
Family
Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae
Nomenclatural information
Diagnosis
Species not studied on the current work. Body dark brown, all legs pale yellow; antennal segment II uniformly dark brown. Antennal segment IV with slender dorsal sense extending to middle or apical third of VI.
Male with three pairs of stout thorn-like setae on tergite IX; sternites III–VII with transverse pore plates.
Intraspecific variation
Not recorded.
Genus and similar species information
This genus belongs to the subfamily Panchaetothripinae and includes five Neotropical species. They have body strongly sculptured, simple and long sense cones on antennal segment III–IV, and fore wings with a distinctive rounded apex. Heliothrips angustior is very similar to H. haemorrhoidalis, but can be differentiated by the uniformly brown colour of tergite X and antennal segment II, as well as the unusually long sense cone on antennal segment IV. An illustrated key to neotropical Heliothrips species is given by Silva et al. (2024).
World distribution
Known from several countries in Central and South America, also China, India e Thailand.
Breeds on leaves. In Brazil, from has been studied from several plants as Hancornia speciosa, cashew, mango, and citrus (Silva et al. 2019; de Maria Rocha Silva et al. 2024).
Economic importance
Causes silvering on leaves.
References suggested
de Maria Rocha Silva L, O’Donnell CA & Lima, ÉFB (2024) Species identity crisis among New World members of the genus Heliothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Panchaetothripinae). Zootaxa 5489, 153–175.
Nakahara S, O’Donnell CA & Mound LA (2015) Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis and its relatives, with one new species and one new genus (Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 4021 (4): 578–584.
