Two new ectoparasitic species of Aulacothrips Hood, 1952 (Thysanoptera: Heterothripidae) associated with ant-tended treehoppers (Hemiptera).

Abstract:

:Aulacothrips Hood, 1952 is a remarkable South American genus of ectoparasitic thrips which feed on gregarious ant-tended hemipterans (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Here we describe two new species of this genus infesting membracid treehoppers in Colombia and Brazilian Amazon, and provide a key to the five Aulacothrips spp. now recognised. Aulacothrips levinotus n. sp. is unique in having pronotum with only two pairs of major setae; and Aulacothrips tenuis n. sp. has unusually long abdominal tergite IX. These findings will be helpful for understanding the species diversification in this genus, bringing a new perspective on the diversity of Aulacothrips spp. and their myrmecophilous hemipteran hosts.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Cavalleri A,Kaminski LA

doi

10.1007/s11230-014-9526-z

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-11-01 00:00:00

pages

271-8

issue

3

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

journal_volume

89

pub_type

杂志文章