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Issue: Vol. 4446 No. 3: 18 Jul. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-07-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.6
Page range: 397–400
Abstract views: 65
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A new species and two new records of Rhamphothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Southwestern China

Plant Protection College, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, P.R. China State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming, 650201, P.R. China
Plant Protection College, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, P.R. China State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming, 650201, P.R. China
Plant Protection College, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, 650201, P.R. China State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Kunming, 650201, P.R. China
Thysanoptera Thripidae

Abstract

Rhamphothrips dalbergiae sp.n. is described, from the leaves of Dalbergia sp. in Southwestern China. This is the fourth bicoloured species of Rhamphothrips. Tergites VII–VIII of males have discal setae S1 and S2 long and prominent. Two species described from India, R. aureus (Ananthakrishnan) and R. santokhi Kulshretha & Vijay Veer, are reported newly from China.

 

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