Species of the Genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Afro-tropical Region Author Mound, Laurence A. text Zootaxa 2010 2423 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.194532 b6eb43ed-05b0-490f-aa3d-2e1b27319ec3 1175-5326 194532 Thrips florum Schmutz Thrips florum Schmutz, 1913 : 1003 Thrips exilicornis Hood, 1932 : 129 This species is widespread around the tropics, and includes a further seven synonyms ( Mound, 2010 ), including T. exilicornis that was described from Nigeria . Character states for distinguishing T. florum from the closely similar and even more widespread T. hawaiiensis are provided by Bhatti (1999) . An analysis of the patterns of variation within and between populations variously identified as T. florum , T. exilicornis and T. hawaiiensis is given by Palmer & Wetton (1987) .