Classification:
Genus: Brevipalpus
Species: Brevipalpus trinidadensis
Holotype:
Brevipalpus trinidadensis Baker, 1949: 381; Saint Augustine, Trinidad, ex Lantana sp. (Verbenaceae).
Type Depository:
United States National Museum of Natural History at Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
Other Names:
Hystripalpus trinidadensis —
Baker (1949)
Distribution:
COSTA RICA:
Ochoa & Salas (1989);
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
Martinez et al. (2014);
HONDURAS:
Evans et al. (1993);
JAMAICA:
De Leon (1965b);
MARTINIQUE:
Flechtmann et al. (1999);
MEXICO:
Baker & Tuttle (1987);
De Leon (1961a);
PUERTO RICO:
De Leon (1965c);
TRINIDAD:
Baker (1949);
De Leon (1967);
Hosts / Substrates:
ARECACEAE: Chamaedorea sp. — Baker & Tuttle (1987)OBS;
ASTERACEAE: Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & H.E. Robins. — Evans et al. (1993); Lasianthaea fruticosa (L.) K. M. Becker — Evans et al. (1993); Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. — Baker & Tuttle (1987);
BIGNONIACEAE: Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth — Flechtmann et al. (1999);
BORAGINACEAE: Cordia globosa (Jacq.) Kunth — De Leon (1965b);
COMPOSITAE: Bidens pilosa L. — De Leon (1965c); Elephantopus pilosus — De Leon (1967); Melampodium sp. — Ochoa & Salas (1989); Parthenium hysterophorus L. — Flechtmann et al. (1999); Wedelia calycina Spreng. — Flechtmann & Etienne (2006); Wedelia trilobata — Flechtmann & Etienne (2000);
CUPRESSACEAE: Thuja occidentalis L. — Baker & Tuttle (1987);
EUPHORBIACEAE: Bernardia dichotoma (Willd.) Müll.Arg. — De Leon (1965b);
LAMIACEAE: Clerodendrum sp. — De Leon (1965c); Salvia farinacea — De Leon (1967);
MALVACEAE: Hibiscus sp. — Flechtmann et al. (1999); Kleinhovia hospita L. — Evans et al. (1993); Sida sp. — Evans et al. (1993);
POACEAE: Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E.Hubb. — Baker & Tuttle (1987);
POLYPODIACEAE: Polypodium pectinatum L. — De Leon (1965b);
UNIDENTIFIED: agualama (shrublike tree) — De Leon (1961a);
VERBENACEAE: Lantana camara L. — De Leon (1967); Lantana sp. — Martinez et al. (2014), Flechtmann et al. (1999), Baker (1949);
Catalog:
Baker et al. (1975);
Flechtmann & Harley (1974);
Mesa et al. (2009);
Pérez-Gelabert (2008);
Sepasgosarian (1983);
Redescription:
Baker & Tuttle (1987);
De Leon (1961a);
De Leon (1965a);
De Leon (1965b);
De Leon (1967);
Evans et al. (1993);
Meyer (1979);
Mitrofanov & Strunkova (1979);
Ochoa & Salas (1989);
Pritchard & Baker (1958);
Notes:
- De Leon (1967) suspected Brevipalpus trinidadensis to be a junior synonym of Brevipalpus californicus (Banks), but we agree with Ochoa & Salas (1989) and Evans et al. (1993) who considered it to be a valid species (Mesa et al. 2009).;
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