LETTER TO THE EDITOR

 

 

NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF THYSANOPTERA THRIPIDAE FOR CUBA

 

NUEVOS GÉNEROS Y ESPECIES DE THYSANOPTERA THRIPIDAE PARA CUBA

 

 

Dear Sir:

With de aim of updating the trips faune in the province of Guantánamo, the genera Cercyothrips Morgan, Enneothrips Moulton, Stenchaetothrips Bagnall and Psectrothrips Hood are reported for the first time in Cuba as a result of successive samplings at different locations. Among the new species found were Cercyothrips galbinus Hood on Acacea farmeseana L. Willd in the municipality of El Salvador; Enneothrips gustativiae Hood, on Sambucus canadensis L. and Sesuviun portulacastrum L. in the localities of Arenal and Piedra la Vela respectively, belonging to the municipality of Yateras; Psectrothrips palmarae Mound and Marullo on Tabebuia bibracteolata Griseb. Britton in Piedra la Vela; Tabebuia angustata Britton in the locality of La Mesita, Baracoa; and Stenchaetrothrips minutes Deventer on Echinochloa cruz-galli L. in the locality of Bayate, municipality of El Salvador.

The presence of S. minutes on a poacea associated with rice crop is of interest for being related to the species Stenchaetothrips biformis Bagnall, which is recognized as a major pest of rice in Asia and Europe.

 

A. Rodríguez-Romero*, Moraima Suris**

 

 

*Universidad de Guantánamo (UG), Falcultad Agroforestal de Montaña (FAM), El Salvador, Guantánamo, Cuba. E-mail: [e-mail]; **Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), Apartado 10, San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba. E-mail: [e-mail]