Gall-inducing Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae) on Acacia phyllodes in Australia: Host-plant relations and keys to genera and species


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Authors: Mound, LA; Crespi, BJ; Kranz, B
Year: 1996
Journal: Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1171-1198
Title: Gall-inducing Thysanoptera (Phlaeothripidae) on Acacia phyllodes in Australia: Host-plant relations and keys to genera and species
Abstract: The available biological information on the association, unique to Australia, between gall-inducing thrips and the phyllodes of Acacia species is summarised. Identification keys to the three genera and 21 gall-inducing species involved are presented, together with descriptions of nine new species (Kladothrips harpophyllae, Kladothrips maslini, Kladothrips xiphius, Oncothrips morrisi, Oncothrips schwarzi, Oncothrips sterni, Oncothrips torus, Onychothrips pilbara and Onychothrips zygus).
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