Two new species and two new records of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripinae from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)

By

Azad, Rashid
Chen, Xiao-Sheng
Qiu, Baoli
Wang, Xingmin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

694

Pages

31-39

Subjects

Coccidulini , Coccinelloidea , Entomology , new species , Pakistan , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.694.12863

 

Abstract

A new species, Scymnus (Scymnus) contortubus Rashid, Chen & Wang, sp. n., is described and illustrated from Pakistan. A diagnosis, remarks, illustrations, and a distribution map are provided of the new species and its most similar congener, S. (S..) nubilus Mulsant.