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Issue: Vol. 5719 No. 1: 11 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5719.1.9
Page range: 139-145
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 15

Intra-generic diversity in Paracholeothrips, an Australian genus of domicile-building phlaeothripine Thysanoptera on Acacia phyllodes

Australian National Insect Collection; CSIRO; PO Box 1700; Canberra; ACT 2601; Australia
c/o Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection (QDPC); Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Queensland; Ecosciences Precinct; GPO Box 267; Brisbane; Qld; 4001; Australia
Thysanoptera Prosternal ferna mesonotal division kleptoparasites phyllode galls

Abstract

Two new species are described in the Acacia-associated genus Paracholeothrips each of which is readily distinguished by remarkable autapomorphies. P. morrisi sp. nov. bears a pair of prominent horns laterally on the head. P. phillipsi sp. nov. has the head, pronotum, prosternal ferna and pelta all greatly elongate. The intra-generic structural diversity is illustrated, and a key provided to the seven species now recognised.

 

References

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How to Cite

Mound, L.A. & Tree, D.J. (2025) Intra-generic diversity in Paracholeothrips, an Australian genus of domicile-building phlaeothripine Thysanoptera on Acacia phyllodes. Zootaxa, 5719 (1), 139–145. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.1.9