Holopothrips

Holopothrips cf. inquilinus, from here.

Belongs within: Hoplothripini.

Holopothrips is a genus of thrips found in the Neotropics, the species of which are leaf-feaders with at least some producing galls (Mound & Marullo 1996).

Characters (from Mound & Marullo 1996): Diverse in size, form and colour; head with eyes usually large, bean-shaped to almost holoptic; postocular setae usually arising behind eyes, sometimes reduced; maxillary stylets usually retracted at least to postocular setae, sometimes longer; pronotal setae usually long, anteromarginal setae sometimes small, epimeral setae sometimes duplicated; epimeral sutures rarely complete; prosternal basantra weak; fore tarsi unarmed in both sexes; forewing parallel-sided, duplicated cilia present; metanotum with irregular longitudinal lines, sometimes reticulate or striate; pelta triangular; tergites usually with an extra pair of wing retaining setae anterolaterally; males frequently with more than one glandular area, B2 on IX not short and stout.

<==Holopothrips Hood 1914 (see below for synonymy) MM96
    |--*H. signatus Hood 1914 MM96
    |--H. affinis (Bagnall 1924) [=Phrasterothrips affinis] MM96
    |--H. ananasi Costa Lima 1935 MM96
    |--H. balteatus Hood 1955 MM96
    |--H. carolinae Mound & Marullo 1996 MM96
    |--H. conducans (Priesner 1921) (see below for synonymy) MM96
    |--H. elongatus Moulton 1929 MM96
    |--H. erianthi (Hood 1954) [=*Homorothrips erianthi] MM96
    |--H. ferrisi Moulton 1929 MM96
    |--H. fulvus Morgan 1929 [incl. H. anacardii Hood 1942] MM96
    |--H. graminis Hood 1955 MM96
    |--H. hambletoni Hood 1938 [incl. H. certus Moulton 1938] MM96
    |--H. hilaris Hood 1938 MM96
    |--H. inquilinus (Bournier 1993) [=*Caraibothrips inquilinus] MM96
    |--H. inversus Hood 1955 MM96
    |--H. jaboticabae (Hood 1954) [=*Anoplothrips jaboticabae] MM96
    |--H. mariae Mound & Marullo 1996 MM96
    |--H. oaxacensis Johansen 1986 MM96
    |--H. omercooperi (Bagnall 1924) [=Phrasterothrips omercooperi] MM96
    |--H. orites Hood 1942 MM96
    |--H. paulus Mound & Marullo 1996 MM96
    |--H. pennatus Moulton 1938 [incl. H. arachnionis Hood 1955] MM96
    |--H. permagnus Hood 1938 MM96
    |--H. pictus Hood 1942 MM96
    |--H. porrosati Mound & Marullo 1996 MM96
    |--H. seini (Watson 1927) [=Liothrips seini] MM96
    |--H. stannardi Mound & Marullo 1996 MM96
    |--H. tenuis Hood 1914 MM96
    |--H. tillandsiae Mound & Marullo 1996 MM96
    |--H. tupi Hood 1955 MM96
    `--H. urinator De Santis 1957 MM96

Holopothrips Hood 1914 [incl. Anoplothrips Hood 1954, Caraibothrips Bournier 1993, Diploacanthothrips Moulton 1933, Homorothrips Hood 1954, Phrasterothrips Priesner 1921] MM96

Holopothrips conducans (Priesner 1921) [=*Phrasterothrips conducans; incl. P. brasiliensis Bagnall 1924, *Diploacanthothrips fuscus Moulton 1933] MM96

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Mound, L. A., & R. Marullo. 1996. The thrips of Central and South America: an introduction (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-487.