2 NEW SPECIES OF LESTODIPLOSINI (DIPTERA, CECIDOMYIIDAE) PREYING ON HOMOPTERA AND THYSANOPTERA IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA

Authors
GAGNE RJ BENNETT FD
Citation
Rj. Gagne et Fd. Bennett, 2 NEW SPECIES OF LESTODIPLOSINI (DIPTERA, CECIDOMYIIDAE) PREYING ON HOMOPTERA AND THYSANOPTERA IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA, The Florida entomologist, 76(2), 1993, pp. 341-348
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
341 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1993)76:2<341:2NSOL(>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Two new species of predaceous Lestodiplosini from southern Florida are described and illustrated. Lestodiplosis laticaulis Gagne preys on Di aspis echinocacti (Bouche) (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), and Th ripsobremia thripivora Gagne preys on Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) and Trioza magnoliae (Ashmead) (Homopt era: Psyllidae). The new species are compared to their congeners and t he status of Thripsobremia is discussed.