Open AccessHoplothrips species recorded from China (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae), with one new species from Yunnan
Author(s) -
Laurence A. Mound,
Jun Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.3.12
Subject(s) - biology , subfamily , sexual dimorphism , genus , polyphenism , zoology , ecology , botany , phenotypic plasticity , biochemistry , gene
The genus Hoplothrips is the third most species-rich in the subfamily Phlaeothripinae (Mound et al. 2020), and currently comprises 131 species (ThripsWiki 2020). Most of these live on dead branches of woody angiosperm trees and are presumed to feed on fungal hyphae or their liquid breakdown products (Kobro & Rafoss 2006). Many species in this genus exhibit considerable sexual dimorphism, also considerable polyphenism associated with variation in body size. As a result of this variation in body structure, species identification in this genus is often difficult (Mound & Walker 1986; Mound 2017; Mound et al. 2018).