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Issue: Vol. 3608 No. 4: 21 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.4.2
Page range: 239–252
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 11

Australian spore-feeding thrips of the genus Phaulothrips (Thysanoptera, Idolothripinae)

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601
Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection (QDPC), Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, GPO Box 267, Brisbane, Qld, 4001
Thysanoptera Spore-feeding new species Idolothripinae Phlaeothripidae Phaulothrips

Abstract

Breeding by several of the spore-feeding species in the genus Phaulothrips is shown to be associated with abandoned tunnels of bees and scolytid beetles, as well as with the dead seed capsules of Eucalyptus species. The breeding sites for other species in the genus remain unknown, but 16 species are here recognised from Australia, of which the following six are newly described: P. daguilaris, P. flindersi, P. kingae, P. kranzae, P. oakeyi, P. whyallae.

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