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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Biociencias, PPG Ecol, BR-90049 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Systematic Parasitology; v. 89, n. 3, p. 271-278, NOV 2014. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
Aulacothrips Hood, 1952 is a remarkable South American genus of ectoparasitic thrips which feed on gregarious ant-tended hemipterans (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Here we describe two new species of this genus infesting membracid treehoppers in Colombia and Brazilian Amazon, and provide a key to the five Aulacothrips spp. now recognised. Aulacothrips levinotus n. sp. is unique in having pronotum with only two pairs of major setae; and Aulacothrips tenuis n. sp. has unusually long abdominal tergite IX. These findings will be helpful for understanding the species diversification in this genus, bringing a new perspective on the diversity of Aulacothrips spp. and their myrmecophilous hemipteran hosts. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/51340-8 - Symbiotic interactions between butterfly larvae and ants: natural history, morphology and patterns in host plants use |
| Grantee: | Lucas Augusto Kaminski |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |