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Issue: Vol. 1642 No. 1: 21 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1642.1.3
Page range: 23–31
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Psalidothrips Priesner in China (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) with three new species

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Thysanoptera Phlaeothripidae Psalidothrips new species China

Abstract

A key to, and distributional information concerning, the nine Psalidothrips species known from China are given, including the descriptions of three new species. P. elagatus sp. n. can be distinguished from P. chebalingicus Zhang & Tong by the presence of three sense cones on antennal segment IV, and the shuttle-shaped glandular area on abdominal sternite VIII of the male. P. bicoloratus sp. n. differs from the other species of the genus in having the head dark brown but the body straw yellow, and in the cheeks not constricted behind the eyes. P. longidens sp. n. differs from P. armatus in the brown tube and in having antennal segment VIII longer than segment VII. Comments are made on the thrips diversity of leaf litter in southern China.

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