A newly recorded species of the genus Limothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in China, with a key to Chinese species

Mirab-balou, Majid

A newly recorded species of the genus Limothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in China, with a key to Chinese species

Author

Majid Mirab-balou

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, 69315–516, Iran

Abstract

Limothrips angulicornis Jablonowski, 1894 is newly recorded for the fauna of China. The genus Limothrips Haliday, 1836 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) now includes three species in China. In addition, two previously recorded Limothrips species were also distributed in Palaearctic region of China, and there is no record in south and east of China, Oriental region. A key is provided to identifying of Chinese species of the genus Limothrips.

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Keywords

Thysanoptera

Limothrips

new record

China

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