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Issue: Vol. 5397 No. 3: 5 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.3.8
Page range: 435-443
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A new species of the genus Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from India

National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR); Bengaluru; Karnataka; India
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR); Bengaluru; Karnataka; India
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR); Bengaluru; Karnataka; India
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR); Bengaluru; Karnataka; India
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (ICAR-NBAIR); Bengaluru; Karnataka; India
Thysanoptera Acacia pennata Karnataka Scirtothrips donumdei Senegalia pennata Thrips

Abstract

A new species of Scirtothrips is described from India, S. donumdei, collected on leaves of Senegalia pennata (Fabaceae). Partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (mtCOI) gene sequence of the species was sequenced and the annotated sequence was submitted to NCBI GenBank.

 

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