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
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.