Open AccessJacotia Faure (Phlaeothripidae), a Second Genus of Thysanoptera with Disjunct Distribution Between Australia and South Africa
Author(s) -
MOUND L. A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01290.x
Subject(s) - biology , genus , cape , disjunct , disjunct distribution , ecology , desert (philosophy) , archaeology , geography , population , demography , biochemistry , sociology , gene , phylogenetic tree , philosophy , epistemology
The genus Jacotia has been known from a single species, J. elegiae Faure, described from Cape Province, South Africa. Three new species of this genus are described from Australia: J. glyptus sp.n. from Canberra, J. idaeus sp.n. from eastern New South Wales and Queensland, and J. palmerae sp.n. from the south‐western area of the Simpson Desert in South Australia. These are small, fungus‐feeding species living at ground level. Two species vibrate their anal tube vigorously when disturbed.