A new genus and species of Scirtothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), with two new species of Scirtothrips, from Dipterocarp Forest canopy in Malaysia

Y F Ng; N Ain; N S Rafti; K H Lau

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.6

A new genus and species of Scirtothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), with two new species of Scirtothrips, from Dipterocarp Forest canopy in Malaysia

Zootaxa. 2023 Jun 23;5306(5):586-594. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.6.

Authors

Y F Ng¹, N Ain², N S Rafti³, K H Lau⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Insect Systematics; Faculty of Science and Technology; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; 43600 Bangi; Selangor; Malaysia. ng_yf@ukm.edu.my.
² Centre for Insect Systematics; Faculty of Science and Technology; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; 43600 Bangi; Selangor; Malaysia. p96445@siswa.ukm.edu.
³ Centre for Insect Systematics; Faculty of Science and Technology; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; 43600 Bangi; Selangor. nurshuhaidaratfi@gmail.com.
⁴ Forest Biodiversity Division; Forest Research Institute Malaysia; 52109 Kepong; Selangor Darul Ehsan. laukh@frim.gov.my.

PMID: 37518665
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.6

Abstract

A new genus and three new species are described from the canopy of Dipterocarp forest in Pasoh Forest Research in Malaysia: Daunothrips gen. n., D. striatus sp. n., Scirtothrips convexum sp. n. and Scirtothrips longifacies sp. n. The morphological characters of these new members of the Scirtothrips genus-group are discussed and illustrated.

MeSH terms

Animals
Forests
Malaysia
Thysanoptera*