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Issue: Vol. 4903 No. 3: 8 Jan. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-01-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.3.9
Page range: 439–447
Abstract views: 127
PDF downloaded: 86

Structural variation among species of Leeuwenia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) with three new species from Australia

Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601
c/o Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection (QDPC), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld, 4001.
Thysanoptera long-tailed thrips prosternal basantra male pore plate leaf-galls

Abstract

The remarkable range of structural variation among the leaf-feeding thrips of the genus Leeuwenia is discussed and contrasted with the lack of intra-generic diversity exhibited by the leaf-feeding species of the related genus Liothrips. An identification key is provided to the eight species of Leeuwenia known from Australia, including three newly described species.

 

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