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Issue: Vol. 5319 No. 1: 24 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.6
Page range: 91-102
Abstract views: 214
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What is a genus—interpreting structural diversity among species of urothripine Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera)

Australian National Insect Collection; CSIRO. GPO Box 1700. Canberra; Australia. 2601
Universidade Federal do Piauí; Campus Amílcar Ferreira Sobral; PPG em Biodiversidade e Conservação. BR 343; Km 3.5. Floriano; PI; Brazil. 64808-605
United States Department of Agriculture; Animal; Plant; Health Inspection Services; Plant Protection Quarantine; Plant Health Programs; National Identification Services. 10300 Baltimore Avenue; Beltlsville; MD; USA. 20705
Thysanoptera variation antennal segmentation new synonymies geographic distribution

Abstract

Variation within and between species is discussed in several obvious character states, including the number of visible antennal segments, prolongation of the anterior margin of the head, metaepimeral setae, and anal setae. As a result, Bebelothrips and Conocephalothrips are considered new synonyms of Amphibolothrips, and Baenothrips a new synonym of Stephanothrips. The revised generic classification suggests that urothripines are largely absent from the Neotropics, with four recorded species all likely to be introductions from the Old World.

 

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