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Issue: Vol. 4236 No. 2: 23 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.9
Page range: 343–350
Abstract views: 102
PDF downloaded: 1

Paroxythrips gen. n. (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), associated with the gymnosperm order Araucariales in Japan and Australia 

Yokohama Plant Protection Station, 5-57, Kitanakadori, Naka-ku, Yokohama, 231-0003, Japan.
Laboratory of Entomology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1737 Funako, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243-0034 Japan. Present address: 2-10-28, Sakura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-0053 Japan.
Thysanoptera Agathis Australia Japan Paroxythrips Podocarpus macrophyllus Thripidae Thrysanoptera

Abstract

An Oxythrips-like new genus and species, Paroxythrips podocarpi, is described from Podocarpus macrophyllus in Japan. An Australian species, Oxythrips agathidis Morison, that is associated with Agathis is transferred to Paroxythrips.

 

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