Open AccessThe <i>Frankliniella curiosa</i> spedes group (Thysanoptera: Tbripidae)
Author(s) -
Roberto M. Johansen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista de biología tropical
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2215-2075
pISSN - 0034-7744
DOI - 10.15517/rbt.v46i3.20201
Subject(s) - pedicel , biology , genus , species group , character (mathematics) , thorax (insect anatomy) , zoology , botany , anatomy , taxonomy (biology) , geometry , mathematics
Ihis is a review of the Mexican species Frankliniella curiosa Priesner, together with the description of eight new Mexican related species. Ihe outstanding morphology of antennal segment III in the adults, with a ventral projected and curved beak (which covers the pedicel), is an exclusive and typical character, which allows their separation into a new and different species group in !he genus . Sorne other morphological characters divide the group in four species assemblages. Illustrations of!he head, antennae, thorax and abdomen of each species are included.