Helionothrips lushanensissp. n. is described from China. The new species is characterised by the head entirely dark brown, antennal segments I-VIII almost uniformly yellowish brown and III-IV strongly vasiform, metascutellum without produced posterior margins, and male has no pore plate on the abdominal sternites.

Abstract Many species of thrips (Thysanoptera) in the family Thripidae form mating aggregations, but adaptive significance these aggregations and extent male female mate choice is poorly understood. We studied behaviour bean flower Megalurothrips sjostedti (Trybom) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), which forms occurs across sub-Saharan Africa. tested whether males choose mates by age or status. No-cho...

Quick and authentic identification of exotic and potentially invasive taxa with capability of causing high economic losses or detriments is essential prerequisite for effective plant quarantine and biological control initiatives. The order Thysanoptera includes several agricultural pest species that, not only because of their minute size but also due to their cryptic behavior, incline to undete...

Macrotrachelianigronitens (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) is permanently present in the wild in Auckland (AK), New Zealand. It should therefore be added to the New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). It is a specialised predator of thrips inside leaf-roll galls. It has been present in New Zealand since at least the 1980s. Aspects of its biology, distribution, biosecurity status and hist...

Charassothrips macroseta sp.n. is described and illustrated from Colombia. A key is provided to the five species now recognised in the Neotropical genus Charassothrips, each of which has the head and pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum prominently sculptured and the abdominal tergites with a craspedum on the posterior margins.

A new species-group in the genus Thrips is designated as Thrips formosanus group from Asia and Australia. This includes the following six species: T. floreus Kurosawa from Japan, T. formosanus Priesner from Taiwan, T. obscuripes Priesner and T. rostratus Priesner from Java, T. tanicus Bhatti from India and T. hoddlei Mound and Masumoto from Australia. One new species, Thrips moundi sp. n., is d...

Two species of Thripinae described from China, Danothrips dianellae Zhang and Tong, and Taeniothrips calopgomi Zhang, are here recognized as synonyms of two widespread Southeast Asian species.

J. Econ. Entomo!. 81(2): 634-640 (1988) ABSTRACT Differences in susceptibility to damage by Thrips tabaci Lindeman and the lepidopteran pest complex (Plutella xylostella (L.), Artogeia rapae (L.), and Trichoplusia ni (Hiibner)) were documented and analyzed for fresh market and experimental cabbage varieties. Patterns of resistance to damage were different for Lepidoptera and T. tabaci. The comm...

Lomatothrips pinopsidis sp.n. (Insecta: Thysanoptera) is described as the second species of the genus. This species is widespread in Australia on Podocarpus and Callitris male cones, but the only other species in the genus is from New Zealand breeding in vegetative buds of Podocarpus. This is possibly an example of trans-Tasman vicariance, although the thrips fauna of New Zealand is shown to be...