Thrips graminae
Recognition data
Distinguishing features
This species is known only from a single female that has not been studied by the present authors.
Related and similar species
The genus Thrips is the second largest genus in the Thysanoptera, and currently includes, worldwide, about 280 species. All members of the genus lack ocellar setae I on the head, and they all have ctenidia on tergite VIII posteromesad to the spiracles. Other characters, such as number of antennal segments, number of setae on the forewing veins, and number of discal setae on the sternites are variable between species (Palmer, 1992; Mound & Masumoto, 2005). T. graminae is stated to differ from T. konoi in having the metanotum reticulate medially, and in having the antennal segments uniformly brown (Nakahara, 1994: 62).
Taxonomic data
Current valid name
Thrips graminae Moulton
Original name and synonyms
Thrips graminae Moulton, 1936: 106
Family placement
Thripidae, Thripinae
Biological data
Life history
Not known
Host plants
Not known
Tospoviruses vectored
None
Crop damage
None
Distribution data
Area of origin
Presumably Western USA
Distribution
California