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Issue: Vol. 4442 No. 1: 29 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.11
Page range: 181–186
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 42

Fungus-feeding thrips of the genus Stephanothrips in Australia (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae)

Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601.
Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection (QDPC), Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld, 4001
Thysanoptera new species Phlaeothripidae leaf-litter fore tarsal hamus

Abstract

Five species of Stephanothrips are now recorded from Australia, of which one is found worldwide, four are endemic, and two are described here as new species. S. broomei is remarkable for its colour pattern, and S. howei is only the fourth member of the genus to have a prominent hamus on the external margin of the fore tarsus. An illustrated key is provided to distinguish these five species.

 

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