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Issue: Vol. 4317 No. 3: 5 Sept. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-09-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.13
Page range: 597–600
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the genus Bregmatothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from the Andaman Islands of India

Division of Insect Systematics, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR), Bengaluru, Karnataka 560024, India.
Centre of Advanced Study in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur 795003, India.
Thysanoptera Thrips B. ramani new species Andaman Islands India

Abstract

Bregmatothrips ramani sp.n. is described from the Andaman Islands, India. This is the third member of the genus Bregmatothrips with forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV, and a key is presented to distinguish these species.

 

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