THE 1ST THRIPS SPECIES (INSECTA) INHABITING LEAF DOMATIA - DOMATIATHRIPS-CUNNINGHAMII GEN ET SP-NOV (THYSANOPTERA, PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE)

Authors
MOUND LA
Citation
La. Mound, THE 1ST THRIPS SPECIES (INSECTA) INHABITING LEAF DOMATIA - DOMATIATHRIPS-CUNNINGHAMII GEN ET SP-NOV (THYSANOPTERA, PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE), Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101(3), 1993, pp. 424-430
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the New York Entomological Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00287199
Volume
101
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
424 - 430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-7199(1993)101:3<424:T1TS(I>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A new genus and species of tubuliferan Thysanoptera is described, Doma tiathrips cunninghamii, which seems to be related to a group of moss-f eeding species. With an adult body length of scarcely 1 mm, all life s tages of the thrips were found living solitarily inside leaf domatia o f a Rubiaceous under-story rain-forest tree in Costa Rica. The literat ure on the significance of leaf domatia and their relationships to art hropods is discussed.