Peltariothrips, Mound & Palmer, 1983

Eow, L. X., Mound, L. A. & Ng, Y. F., 2011, Genera of Spore-Feeding Thysanoptera from Southeast Asia (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), with a species checklist from Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 2928 (1), pp. 1-19 : 15

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2928.1.1

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/50183200-FFBE-FFD9-E2A5-FB8E886EFB0B

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Felipe

scientific name

Peltariothrips
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Only one species is recognised in the genus, P. insolitus Mound & Palmer. Described from Singapore and the Philippines, this species has only seven antennal segments, the terminal two segments being fused, and the head bears a pair of ommatidium-like structures ventro-laterally on the posterior third of the cheeks.

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