Chirothrips secalis
Recognition data
Distinguishing features
This species has not been studied by the present authors. It is apparently readily distinguished from the other members of the genus because the sensorium on antennal segment IV is forked (not simple) and antennal segment II is symmetrical (not produced on the outer margin).
Related and similar species
Currently there are 50 species worldwide in the genus Chirothrips. The key to species provided by zur Strassen (1960) treated the genus in a broad sense, whereas Bhatti (1990) created six new genera for these species, including Arorathrips for several species from the New World that have the mesothoracic endofurca reduced.
Taxonomic data
Current valid name
Chirothrips secalis Moulton
Original name and synonyms
Chirothrips secalis Moulton, 1936: 173
Family placement
Thripidae, Thripinae
Biological data
Life history
Each larva presumably develops within a single floret of a grass
Host plants
Unidentified Poaceae
Tospoviruses vectored
None
Crop damage
None
Distribution data
Area of origin
Western USA
Distribution
California, Wyoming