extant species
Heliothrips angustior
Nomenclatural details
Heliothrips angustior Priesner, 1923: 89.
Heliothrips longisensibilis Xie, Mound & Zhang, 2019: 145; Synonym in de Maria Rocha Silva et al. 2024: 155.
Biology and distribution
Described from Suriname (H. angustior) and China (H. longisensibilis).
Distribution: widely distributed throughout the Neotropics, although no specimens have been found from Nearctic regions. Occurrence is confirmed from: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad as well as French Guyana (Ulitzka unpublished).
It also has been recorded in China and Thailand. Thus, specimens identified as H. haemorrhoidalis should be re-examined! The most noticeable feature are the long sense cones on antenna IV, which reach beyond the base of VI.
References
Priesner H (1923) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Thysanopteren Surinams. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 66: 88–111.
Xie Y, Mound LA & Zhang H (2019) A new species of Heliothrips (Thysanoptera, Panchaetothripinae), based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 4638 (1), 143–150.
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.
Type information
Lectotype ♀ (H. angustior): Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt.
Holotype ♀ (H. longisensibilis): Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming.