Hoodothripiella ignacio Retana-Salazar, 2007: 24 Elixothrips Malpighia glabra Piper ignacio brevisetis The Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Brazil, with one new Caliothrips species Lima, Élison Fabrício Bezerra O’Donnell, Cheryle Ann Miyasato, Elisa Aiko Br, Pi. Zootaxa 2020 2020-07-28 4820 2 201 230 6F5B5 (Bagnall) Bagnall 1919 [151,529,294,321] Insecta Thripidae Elixothrips Animalia Thysanoptera 13 214 Arthropoda species brevisetis  ( Figs 17, 40, 72, 105, 106)      Hoodothripiella ignacio Retana-Salazar, 2007: 24  syn. n. This is the only species in the genus  Elixothrips( Fig. 17). It is widespread on islands from the Indian and Pacific Oceans ( Mound & Marullo 1996), and in the Americas it is recorded from Brazil, Guadeloupe( Mound & Marullo 1996), Martinique( Rey 2002) and Cuba( González & Castillo 2009). In Southern Brazil, it was observed causing silvering of banana fruits in the State of Santa Catarina( Lima & Milanez 2013) ( Fig. 132), but specimens have been collected in Cuiabá, State of Mato Grossoon leaves of  Malpighia glabra( 11.iii.2016); in the State of Cearáon leaves of ruderal herbs in impacted mangrove plantings in Fortaleza ( 24.iv.2016) and on banana crops in Aratuba ( 12.vi.2018); and in Manaus, State of Amazonas, on leaves of  Pipersp. ( 1.viii.2019); in Areia, State of Paraíbaon guava leaves ( 2.xi.2019); and in São Cristóvão, State of Sergipe, on leaves of unidentified plants ( 7.xi.2019). As indicated in the generic notes above, there are no character states to distinguish  ignaciofrom  brevisetis.