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Issue: Vol. 5693 No. 1: 16 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.1.2
Page range: 32-40
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Distribution, host plant association, and morphological diagnosis of adults and larvae of Haplothrips biroi (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management; Faculty of Natural Sciences; Comenius University in Bratislava; Slovakia.
Department of Zoology and Nature Protection; Institute of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology; Marie Curie- Sklodowska University in Lublin; Poland.
Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management; Faculty of Natural Sciences; Comenius University in Bratislava; Slovakia.
Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management; Faculty of Natural Sciences; Comenius University in Bratislava; Slovakia.
Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management; Faculty of Natural Sciences; Comenius University in Bratislava; Slovakia.
Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management; Faculty of Natural Sciences; Comenius University in Bratislava; Slovakia.
Thysanoptera new record Slovakia Ballota nigra

Abstract

Haplothrips biroi (Priesner) is known from several southern European countries and is here newly recorded from southwestern Slovakia. The host plant is confirmed as Ballota nigra [Lamiaceae], with 107 female and 25 male adults collected, and the species successfully reared on the host leaves. Key morphological features of adults and larvae are illustrated, and the ecological implication of the record briefly discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Balcerčík, J., Kucharczyk, H., Mešková, M., Zvaríková, M., Masarovič, R. & Fedor, P. (2025) Distribution, host plant association, and morphological diagnosis of adults and larvae of Haplothrips biroi (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). Zootaxa, 5693 (1), 32–40. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.1.2