Thrips in and around the Coconut Plantations in Jamaica, with a Few Taxonomical Notes (Thysanoptera)

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In and around the coconut plantations in Jamaica, 107 species of thrips were collected or caught by sticky traps. Prior to this collection, thrips recorded from the island were highly limited. Species repeatedly collected from coconuts were Franklinella bruneri Watson, F. kelliae Sakimura, and F. insularis (Franklin) (flower feeders); Anisopilothrips venustulus (Priesner) and Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche) (fruit feeders); Hoplandrothrips flavipes Bagnall (fungal growth feeder); and Karnyothrips merrilli (Watson) (predator). Of every species enumerated, their extra distributions within the Caribbean areas were searched through the published data as well as accumulated holdings in museum collections. Twenty-two species of Frankliniella were collected, and a key to them is provided. Two new synonymies are designated [Ceratothripoides funestus (Hood) (= Taeniothrips martorellorum Medina), syn. nov. and Holopothrips fulvus Morgan (= H. anacardii Hood), syn. nov.], and a species is partly redescribed. [Numerous new records are included.].

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