Neohydatothrips albus
Recognition data
Distinguishing features
Female fully winged. Body and forewing color "very pale, transparent white, devoid of any dark marking�". "Mouth cone very long.�extending�a considerable distance upon the mesosternum" (Jones, 1912).
Related and similar species
Currently, this species is not distinguished satisfactorily from N. catenatus , although according to Hood (1957) N. albus lacks shadings on the pronotum and abdomen. The three original specimens on which N. albus was based are in the USNM Collections at Beltsville, Maryland. The genus Neohydatothrips is found in many parts of the world and is currently used for a group of over 80 species. Identification keys are available to 13 species recorded from Central America (Mound & Marullo, 1996), and Stannard (1968) treats 11 species from Illinois, but many of the 35 species described from the USA north of Mexico (Nakahara, 1988) remain poorly defined.
Taxonomic data
Current valid name
Neohydatothrips albus (Jones)
Original name and synonyms
Sericothrips albus Jones, 1912: 6
Family placement
Thripidae, Sericothripinae
Biological data
Life history
Not known
Host plants
Known only from three females collected from weeds and the flowers of Sambucus (Caprifoliaceae).
Tospoviruses vectored
None
Crop damage
None reported
Distribution data
Area of origin
Western USA
Distribution
California