Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hoplothrips angusticeps
Fungus feeder; sometimes under tree bark and dead branches, and polypore fungi; littoral scrubon sand, transition zone to mossy humid forest zone; February-May.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Thysanoptera
Suborder
Tubulifera
Family
Phlaeothripidae
Genus
Hoplothrips
Species
angusticeps
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Hoddle, M.S. Mound, L.A. (2011) Thysanoptera of the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Science, 65(4): 507-514.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hoplothrips angusticeps", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10943. Accessed 5 November 2026.