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Issue: Vol. 4323 No. 4: 25 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.8
Page range: 561–571
Abstract views: 139
PDF downloaded: 31

Two new species and a new record of the fungivorous genus Terthrothrips from China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) 

Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Thysanoptera Fungus-feeding thrips Phlaeothripinae Terthrothrips new species

Abstract

Two new species of Terthrothrips, T. levigatus sp. n. and T. trigonius sp. n., are described and illustrated from China. T. strasseni Dang, Mound & Qiao, 2014, originally described from Indonesia, is newly recorded in China. A key to the Chinese species of Terthrothrips is provided.

 

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