Hoplandrothrips irretius
Recognition data
Distinguishing features
This species has not been studied by the present authors, and is known only from the original description.
Related and similar species
Judging from the original description, H. irretius has unusually short setae on the anterior and lateral margins of the pronotum. About 80 species are listed in the genus Hoplandrothrips, of which more than 20 are described from North America, including five from California. Cott (1956) provided a key to four of the species recorded from California, Stannard (1968) a key to seven species from Illinois, and Mound & Marullo (1996) a key to 18 Neotropical species. Species concepts within this, and several other, genera of fungus-feeding thrips remain unclear, due to structural variation involving allometric growth patterns in one or both sexes.
Taxonomic data
Current valid name
Hoplandrothrips irretius Kono
Original name and synonyms
Hoplandrothrips irretius Kono, 1964: 1-4
Family placement
Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae
Biological data
Life history
Presumably feeding and breeding on fungi on dead branches
Host plants
Described from eight females and eight males taken "on nursery stock from Mission, Texas".
Tospoviruses vectored
None
Crop damage
None
Distribution data
Area of origin
Western USA
Distribution
Texas, California