An Oriental Thrips, Taeniothrips Eucharii (Whetzel), In Florida

Taeniothrips eucharii was discovered by H. H. Whetzel in Bermuda in 1922 during a study of a mosaic disease of Eucharis lily. It was identified by A. C. Morgan as Physothrips eucharii, but Morgan never published a description. Whetzel (1923) described the thrips under the name Physothrips eucharii, which validated the name. Moulton (1928) gave a description of the species as Taeniothrips gracilis. Sakimura (1947) mentioned it as Physothrips eucharii Morgan ms. Crawford (1948) recognized the Bermuda material, including Morgan’s material types, as gracilis Moulton. Crawford overlooked Whetzel’ s description; therefore all records of gracilis Moulton should be referred to as eucharii (Whetzel). O ‘Neill (1962) gave a more complete report of this thrips.