Minute Leaf-litter Thrips of the Genus Preeriella (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Asia

• Okajima Shuji

  Laboratory of Entomology, Tokyo University of Agriculture

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Minute Leaf-litter Thrips of the Genus Preeeriella (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)from Asia
• Minute Leaf-litter Thrips of the Genus Preeeriella Thysanoptera Phlaeothripidaerom Asia

Abstract

The genus Preeriella is redefined and Machadonia is newly synonymized with it. Five species of the genus are recorded from Asia, including four newly described species : P. armigera sp. n. from Japan, P. bournieri sp. n. from Thailand, P. formosana sp. n. from Taiwan, and P. malaya sp. n. from West Malaysia. A key to the five Asian species is given. Adults of these species are usually less than 1mm long and live in leaf-litter, but it is not known if they are predatory or fungus-feeding. One species, P. armigera, has the hind femora of large males greatly enlarged, suggesting some form of sexual competition.

Journal

• Species Diversity

  Species Diversity 3 (2), 301-316, 1998

  The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

Keywords

• Thysanoptera
• Phlaeothripidae
• hyidiothripine lineage
• Preeriella
• Machadonia
• Asia

Details

• CRID: 1390282679434274304
• NII Article ID: 110002337280
• NII Book ID: AA11114903
• DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.3.301
• ISSN: 21897301
• ISSN: 13421670
• NDL BIB ID: 105259
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I105259
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/specdiv/3/2/3_KJ00003743415/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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