Leptothrips papagoLeptothrips papagoThis species is structurally similar to mali, but has only three sense cones on the fourth antennal segment, a character state shared with mcconelli, however, papago is not known to have any duplicated cilia on the fore wings.
This is a member of the mali-group, and differs from mcconelli in lacking fore wing duplicated cilia.
Collected from a wide range of plant species in the genera Adenostema, Ceanothus, Chrysothamnus, Hymenochloa, Purshia and Quercus.
Described from Arizona, this species is distributed between Utah and California.
PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE, PHLAEOTHRIPINAE
Leptothrips papago Hood
Leptothrips papago Hood, 1939: 209.
Leptothrips acaciae Hood, 1939: 211. S
Leptothrips robustus Johansen, 1987: 47.
Leptothrips arizonensis Johansen, 1987: 76.
Johansen RM (1987) El genero Leptothrips Hood, 1909 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) en el continente Americano: su sistematica, filogenia, biogeografia, biologia, conducta y ecologia. Monografias del Instituto de Biologia. Universidad Nacional de Mexico 3: 1–246.
Mound LA & O’Donnell CA (2017) Predation, phytophagy and character state confusion among North American species of the genus Leptothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa 4294 (3): 301-315.
