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Odontothripiella Bagnall

Description

Odontothripiella Bagnall

With few exceptions, the species of this genus breed in the flowers of Fabaceae, and many show high levels of host specificity within that family. In contrast, three species (O. compta, reedi and unidentata) breed only in the florets of particular native Poaceae. Despite this host plant difference, these three species share so many structural character states with the typical members of the genus that breed on Fabaceae that there is no reason to consider them as generically distinct. An identification key to the 18 described members of Odontothripiella was provided by Pitkin (1972).

Notes

Published as part of Mound, Laurence A., 2011, Grass-dependent Thysanoptera of the family Thripidae from Australia, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 3064 on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200567

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Thripidae
Genus
Odontothripiella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Thysanoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bagnall
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Pitkin, B. R. (1972) A revision of the Australian genus Odontothripiella Bagnall, with descriptions of fourteen new species (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 11, 265 - 289.