Eremiothrips negevi, a new species of thrips from Israel (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae)

Authors

  • Tselila Ben-David POB 17, Avihayil 4291000 Israel. E-mail: zlilabd@gmail.com

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Thysanoptera, Terebrantia, Thripidae, thrips, agricultural pests, pests, new species, Amarantaceae, Sarcocornia fruticosa, greenhouse, Israel, Middle East, Negev

Abstract

A new species of thrips, Eremiothrips negevi n. sp., is described from the Negev, an arid region in southern Israel. The new species differs from its congeners in having nine antennal segments, narrowly transverse pore plates on sternites IV–VII of males, and in the absence of drepanae on tergite IX of males. Eremiothrips negevi n. sp. is considered a pest to Sarcocornia fruticosa (Amarantaceae), which is commercially grown in greenhouses in southern Israel.

 

Cite as: Ben-David, Ts. 2017. Eremiothrips negevi, a new species of thrips from Israel (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 47: 133–140.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1065476

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A male of Eremiothrips negevi, pore plates on sternites IV–VII.

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2017-11-23

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Vol. 47 (2017)

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