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Issue: Vol. 4927 No. 4: 16 Feb. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.7
Page range: 567–575
Abstract views: 106
PDF downloaded: 63

Studies on the genus Lefroyothrips, with new records from Malaysia, New Caledonia and a new species from Australia (Thysanoptera, Thripidae)

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601.
Centre for Insect Systematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Thysanoptera Geographic distributions canopy insects identification key generic diagnosis

Abstract

Six species are recognised in the genus Lefroyothrips, including one new species from Australia. The metascutal chaetotaxy of two of these species is unique amongst Thripidae. New distribution records given here indicate that four of the species are widely distributed: L. pictus across tropical Africa, L. lefroyi from northern India to Taiwan, L. fasciatus from Malaysia to northern Australia and New Guinea, and L. varatharajani from southern India to New Caledonia and northern Australia. An illustrated key is provided to the six known species in this genus.

 

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