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Issue: Vol. 5383 No. 4: 13 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.4.2
Page range: 441-475
Abstract views: 141
PDF downloaded: 75

Structural diversity among the leaf-feeding thrips of Australia in the genus Teuchothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) with 20 new species

Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO; PO Box 1700; Canberra; ACT 2601
School of Bioscience and Engineering; Shaanxi University of Technology; Hanzhong; 723000; China
c/o Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection; Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Queensland; Ecosciences Precinct; GPO Box 267; Brisbane; Qld; 4001
Thysanoptera Host-plants Liothrips-lineage antennal sense cone variation

Abstract

An identification system, together with illustrated notes, is presented to 34 species of the genus Teuchothrips known from Australia, including the following 20 species newly described: T. agonis sp.n., T. aliceae sp.n., T. badu sp.n., T. bundjalong sp.n., T. dodonaea sp.n., T. gangurru sp.n., T. garrunggam sp.n., T. jarowair sp.n., T. jukun sp.n., T. kaurna sp.n., T. kokatha sp.n., T. larrakia sp.n., T. leptospermum sp.n., T. lutruwita sp.n., T. mareeba sp.n., T. miriwoong sp.n., T. monga sp.n., T. mooni sp.n., T. tolga sp.n., T. toowoomba sp.n. Two species from Philippines are removed from Teuchothrips as Liothrips capitulatus (Reyes) comb.n. and L. pedanus (Reyes) comb.n. The genus Teuchothrips is very species rich in Australia, particularly in the northern tropical zone, presumably in association with the richer flora of perennial shrubs in the warmer and more humid north.

 

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