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Issue: Vol. 2803 No. 1: 29 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2803.1.2
Page range: 21–31
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

The Indian species of Liophloeothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) with one new species

Division of Biosystematics, Biodiversity and Biosafety, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Seribiotech research laboratory, Kodathi, Central Silk Board, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Thysanoptera Liophloeothrips review Liophloeothrips acaciae new species L. tenebrosus L. pavettae key synonym Phlaeothripidae India

Abstract

Liophloeothrips Priesner is a small genus of leaf-feeding Phlaeothripidae that is related to the widespread genera Gynaikothrips and Liothrips. A key is presented to distinguish these three genera, together with a key to, and review of, the 13 species now recognized in Liophloeothrips from India. Liophloeothrips acaciae sp. n. is described from Karnataka State, collected from the dry flowers, leaves and bark of Acacia auriculiformis. Liophloeothrips tenebrosus Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish is placed as a new synonym of L. pavettae Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish. A lectotype is designated for Liophloeothrips cecidii Ananthakrishnan 1964.

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