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Arorathrips mexicanus
Biologie und Verbreitung
Beschrieben aus Guadalajara, Mexiko (C. mexicanus), New Orleans, Louisiana USA (C. catchingsi), Florida USA (C. floridensis) und Argentinien (C. saltensis).
Verbreitung: In tropischen Gebieten weit verbreitet; ursprünglich wohl aus dem tropischen Südamerika stammend. An Gräsern (Poaceae).
Literatur
Crawford DL (1909) On some Thysanoptera from Mexico and the south. Pomona College Journal of Entomology 1: 109–119.
Watson JR (1920) New Thysanoptera from Florida VII. Florida Entomologist 4: 18–23.
Watson JR (1924) Synopsis and catalog of the Thysanoptera of North America. Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida 168: 1–100.
Tapia, E.A. (1952) Dos especies de Tisanopteros Argentinos nuevos para la Ciencia. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 54, 107–110.
Hoddle HS, Mound LA & Paris D (2012) Thrips of California 2012. LINK
Typen
Holotypus ♀ (C. catchingsi): Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville.
Syntypus (C. mexicanus): National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.