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Issue: Vol. 4750 No. 3: 12 Mar. 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.3.13
Page range: 443–446
Abstract views: 92
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A new species of the genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from the Malagasy Region

European Union Reference Laboratory for Insects and Mites 755 avenue du campus Agropolis CS 30016 FR-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex, France.
CIRAD-UMR PVBMT, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France Université de la Réunion-UMR PVBMT, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France
CIRAD-UMR PVBMT, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations CIRAD, UMR CBGP, F-34398 Montpellier, France
Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations CIRAD, UMR CBGP, F-34398 Montpellier, France
Anses Laboratoire de la Santé des Végétaux 755 avenue du campus Agropolis CS 30016 FR-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex
Thysanoptera Thripidae

Abstract

The genus Thrips comprises 296 species (ThripsWiki 2019) and is the largest of all Terebrantian genera. The only other Thysanopteran genera comparable in size are the phlaeothripids Haplothrips and Liothrips. Species of Thrips can be found in flowers and on leaves of a wide variety of plants from grasses to trees. Most of them are beneficial pollinators (Garcia-Fayos & Goldarazena 2008; Eliyahu et al. 2015), while others are pests and cause significant economic damage (Mound & Marullo 1996). Some of them are polyphagous and widespread, while others are rarely seen and restricted to one species of plant (Palmer 1992).

 

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