extant species
Anactinothrips gustaviae
Biology and distribution
Described from Panama (Barro Colorado Island und Bohio), also known from Brazil (Manaus), French Guiana (Les Nouragues) und from subfossil Colombian Copal.
A. gustaviae is feeding on the fungal component of a lichen on Gustavia tree trunks (Lecythidaceae).
References
Mound LA & Palmer JM (1983) Spore-feeding Thysanoptera of the genus Anactinothrips with a new sub-social species from Panama. Journal of Natural History 17: 789–797.
Type information
Holotype ♂: The Natural History Museum, London.