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

Ng YF 1 , Ain N 2 , Rafti NS 3 , Lau KH 4

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
Zootaxa, 2023 Jun 23;5306(5):586-594.
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.

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