A new species of the genus Karnyothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from China

Jun Wang; Majid Mirab-Balou; Xiao-Li Tong

doi:10.3897/zookeys.346.6216

A new species of the genus Karnyothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from China

Zookeys. 2013 Nov 1:(346):17-21. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.346.6216. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Jun Wang¹, Majid Mirab-Balou, Xiao-Li Tong

Affiliation

¹ College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China ; Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China.

Abstract

Karnyothrips cyathomorphus sp. n. (Phlaeothripidae: Phlaeothripinae) is described as a new apterous species in the genus Karnyothrips Watson 1923, and it represents the fourth species of the genus to be recorded from China. A key to the Chinese species is given.

Keywords: China; Karnyothrips; Litter thrips; Phlaeothripidae; new species.