Species of the fungivorous genus Psalidothrips Priesner from China, with five new species (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)

By

Zhao, Chao
Zhang, Hongrui
Tong, Xiao-Li

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

746

Pages

25-50

Subjects

fungus-feeding , leaf-litter thrips , new species , Phlaeothripinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.746.22882

 

Abstract

An identification key and review is provided of fifteen species of the fungivorous genusPsalidothripsPriesner from China, with five new species,P.angustussp. n.,P.comosussp. n.,P.fabariussp. n., andP.latizonussp. n., andP.nigroterminatussp. n.In addition,PsalidothripsconsimilisOkajima, previously known only from Ryukyu Islands, Japan, is newly recorded in China.