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Issue: Vol. 3571 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3571.1.6
Page range: 87–88
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

Bathrips in China (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with a new record and new synonym

Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Department of Entomology, College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Thysanoptera Thripidae

Abstract

Bathrips Bhatti (1962) currently includes three species, all from the Oriental region. The systematic relationships of this genus remain equivocal. Mound & Masumoto (2004) pointed out the similarity in general appearance of the species to those of Trichromothrips, but Masumoto & Okajima (2005) did not include Bathrips in the Trichromothrips genus-group. The species of Bathrips lack the dorso-apical setae on the first antennal segment that characterize the Trichromothrips group, and tergite IX of males bears a median pair of short and stout setae (Masumoto & Okajima 2005). Bathrips was distinguished originally from Taeniothrips on the basis of a different fore wing chaetotaxy, but the complete absence of a comb on tergite VIII suggests that these two are not related.

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