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Issue: Vol. 5631 No. 2: 2 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.11
Page range: 387-394
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 5

The Palaearctic genus Belothrips Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with new synonyms and new combinations

Department of Plant Protection; College of Agriculture; Ilam University; Ilam; 69315–516; Iran
Australian National Insect Collection; CSIRO; PO Box 1700; Canberra; ACT 2601
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC; Madrid; Spain
Department of Plant Protection; Faculty of Agriculture; Selçuk University; Konya; Türkiye
Thysanoptera Thripinae Nigritothrips Rubiothrips checklist Rubiaceae

Abstract

The two genera, Nigritothrips Bhatti and Rubiothrips Schliephake are placed as new synonyms of Belothrips Haliday. Belothrips acuminatus, the type species of this genus, is considered in detail to include Rubiothrips parisae Mirab-balou & Chen as a new synonym. The species Nigritothrips zurstrasseni Bhatti is considered a new synonym of Belothrips longistylosus Priesner. A checklist is provided of the 12 species now included in Belothrips, indicating two new combinations and eight revised combinations. The genus Belothrips is newly recorded for the fauna of both China and Iran.

 

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How to Cite

Mirab-Balou, M., Mound, L., Goldarazena, A. & Negi̇ş I. Şahi̇n (2025) The Palaearctic genus Belothrips Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), with new synonyms and new combinations. Zootaxa, 5631 (2), 387–394. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.11