Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Dec 2021)

Disjunct distribution or recent introduction? The North American Tylothrips osborni in Turkey (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae)

  • Asiye Uzun Yiğit,
  • Ozan Demirözer,
  • Kambiz Minaei,
  • Laurence A. Mound

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 4
pp. 375 – 381

Abstract

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The genus and species of fungus-feeding thrips, Tylothrips osborni (Hinds), are newly recorded from Turkey based on two apterous females collected from wheat. Taxonomic characterization of the genus and species is provided and illustrated. This is the sixth record in Europe of this American species, and the significance of this disjunct distribution is discussed.

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