The Oriental fungus-feeding genus Azaleothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1964 from China with one new species and four new records (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae)

Lihong Dang; Yaya Li; Laurence A Mound; Gexia Qiao

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1183.113182

The Oriental fungus-feeding genus Azaleothrips Ananthakrishnan, 1964 from China with one new species and four new records (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae, Phlaeothripinae)

Zookeys. 2023 Nov 9:1183:219-231. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1183.113182. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Lihong Dang¹, Yaya Li¹, Laurence A Mound², Gexia Qiao^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Bioscience and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, 723000, China Shaanxi University of Technology Hanzhong China.
² Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Canberra Australia.
³ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
⁴ College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

Abstract

Azaleothrips, a genus of fungus-feeding Phlaeothripinae , is easily recognized by the complex sculpture on the body surface. It is species-rich in the Oriental region, with 10 species here recognized from China, including A.sphaericussp. nov. and four new records. An illustrated key to the species from China is provided.

Keywords: Identification key; Phlaeothrips-lineage; mycophagous; taxonomy.

Lihong Dang, Yaya Li, Laurence A. Mound, Gexia Qiao.