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Issue: Vol. 5802 No. 2: 4 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5802.2.11
Page range: 390-394
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 17

The Asian genus Praepodothrips newly recorded in Australia with one new species and comments on the Haplothripini (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae)

Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO; PO Box 1700; Canberra; ACT 2601
Thysanoptera metathoracic sternopleural sutures host plant antennal sense cones

Abstract

Variation in the presence of metathoracic sternopleural sutures in genera of Haplothripini is considered. Praepodothrips dianellae sp. nov. from leaves of Dianella caerulea [Asphodeliaceae] in Southeastern Australia is described as the ninth species of genus.

 

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How to Cite

Mound, L.A. (2026) The Asian genus Praepodothrips newly recorded in Australia with one new species and comments on the Haplothripini (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa, 5802 (2), 390–394. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5802.2.11