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Issue: Vol. 4751 No. 1: 16 Mar. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4751.1.14
Page range: 196–200
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Apelaunothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from India with new synonym of Podothrips sasacola Kurosawa

Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Thysanoptera Phlaeothripidae

Abstract

The first objective of this paper is to describe a new fungus-feeding species in the Phlaeothripinae genus Apelaunothrips, and to provide a key to the six species of this genus recorded from India. The second objective is to establish a new synonym in the Poaceae-associated genus, Podothrips, based on structural variation observed among recently collected samples from bamboo. The slide-mounted specimens were studied with a Leica Trinocular Microscope (Leica DM-1000) and a Leica software application suite (LAS EZ 2.1.0) was used to make line drawing and photographs.

 

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