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Issue: Vol. 3130 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3130.1.3
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the genus Mycterothrips from Western Iran (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 268 Kaixuan Road, Hangzhou 310029, China
Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 268 Kaixuan Road, Hangzhou 310029, China
Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, 268 Kaixuan Road, Hangzhou 310029, China
Thysanoptera Thripidae Mycterothrips new species Iran

Abstract

Two new species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thripidae: Thripinae), M. hamedaniensis sp. n. and M. weii sp. n., are described and illustrated from Hamedan province in Western Iran.

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