Scolothrips hoodi Priesner 1950 : 45

Mound, Laurence A., 2011, Species recognition in the genus Scolothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), predators of leaf-feeding mites, Zootaxa 2797, pp. 45-53 : 48

Scolothrips hoodi Priesner 1950: 45

Described from Plummers Island, Maryland, this species was recorded from Illinois by Stannard(1968) from Juniperus virginiana and Taxus canadensis . The male is unknown, and for the present study one paratype (in SMF) and two females identified by Stannard (in INHS) have been examined. The significance of this species remains unclear. The lengths of the major setae are at the lower end of the range that can be found amongst individuals of sexmaculatus , but it is possibly a darker (?low temperature) form of sexmaculatus (see below). The extensive body shading is reminiscent of the European species uzeli , a species that lives on Juniperus . However, uzeli is not closely related, with the pronotum lacking a pair of discal setae and the fore wing clavus shaded at the apex.