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Issue: Vol. 4079 No. 3: 12 Feb. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-02-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.7
Page range: 388–392
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 43

The Scirtothrips perseae species-group (Thysanoptera), with one new species from avocado, Persea americana

Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601.
Department of Entomology, and Center for Invasive Species Research, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Thysanoptera Avocado Persea americana new species

Abstract

Following recent molecular studies on avocado thrips, a new species is described from Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Colombia from the young leaves of avocado, Persea americana. Scirtothrips hansoni sp.n. is closely related to the Californian pest, S. perseae, and also to S. astrictus from Costa Rica that remains known from a single female. An illustrated key to these three species is provided.

 

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