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Parthenothrips dracaenae

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Description

Parthenothrips dracaenae (Heeger)

(Figs 32, 63, 90)

This species is commonly known as the ‘palm-thrips’and is possibly native to Australia or Africa (Mound & Tree 2020), but has been introduced worldwide in greenhouses. This is the first record of the species in Brazil, but 10 specimens were examined at the USNM and recorded from Colombia on Fatsia japonica on 10.iii.1996.

NEW RECORD. Brazil. Paraná: Curitiba, on leaves of Chaemaedorea elegans, 12 females, 9.x.2006, (R.C. Monteiro) (ESALQ).

Notes

Published as part of Lima, Élison Fabrício Bezerra, O'Donnell, Cheryle Ann, Miyasato, Elisa Aiko & Br, Pi., 2020, The Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Brazil, with one new Caliothrips species, pp. 201-230 in Zootaxa 4820 (2) on page 218, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4397490

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ESALQ , USNM
Event date
1996-03-10 , 2006-10-09
Verbatim event date
1996-03-10 , 2006-10-09
Scientific name authorship
Heeger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Thysanoptera
Family
Thripidae
Genus
Parthenothrips
Species
dracaenae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Parthenothrips dracaenae (Heeger, 1854) sec. Lima, O'Donnell, Miyasato & Br, 2020

References

  • Mound, L. A. & Tree, D. C. (2020) Thysanoptera Australiensis An identification and information system to thrips in Australia. Available from: https: // keys. lucidcentral. org / search / thysanoptera-australiensis / (accessed 7 April 2020)