Leptothrips occidentalis Johansen, 1987

Mound, Laurence & O’Donnell, Cheryle, 2017, Predation, phytophagy and character state confusion among North American species of the genus Leptothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae), Zootaxa 4294 (3), pp. 301-315 : 311

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:00F6974B-2074-4BA4-99A6-B80937D16865
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6040352
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2620F071-FFA9-AC16-FF0A-FAA5FCDB444D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptothrips occidentalis Johansen
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Leptothrips occidentalis Johansen View in CoL

Leptothrips occidentalis Johansen, 1987: 59 View in CoL .

This species remains known only from the original specimens: two females and one male collected at Bridgeland, Utah. It is remarkable for the long and deeply retracted maxillary stylets that are close together medially in the head ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ). Despite this, the species is similar to heliomanes View in CoL in having the pronotum with particularly strong transverse striae, and the fore wing lacking duplicated cilia.