A new genus for an Australian thrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) presumed predatory on a waxy eriococcid (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1645, 2007, Pages 57-61

  Mound, Laurence A ^a   Wells, Alice ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian Biological Resources Study   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convoluted stylets; Eriococcidae; Predation; Teuchothrips; Wax secretion

Indexed keywords

COCCOIDEA; ERIOCOCCIDAE; HEMIPTERA; KUNZEA; LIOTHRIPS; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 36649026900     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1645.1.5     Document Type: Article

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